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Since 1987, we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to build trust and cooperation on some of the world’s most progressive global peace and security initiatives.
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Programmes
BASIC has eight active programmes, each offering innovative paths to support the global objectives of nuclear disarmament and arms control.
Latest from BASIC
See our latest publications, analysis and events here:
Applying a Systematic Approach to NATO-Russia Risk Reduction: Announcing Phase 2 of the BASIC-Netherlands Collaboration
BASIC is delighted to announce that we are continuing our cooperation with the Ministry of…
Russia’s Strategy, Goals, Means and Ways – A View from Poland
Polish threat perceptions and risk assessments are heavily influenced by Poland’s proximity to Russia – and the author suggests solutions to contain them.
Latest Analysis
We provide analysis on the latest debates in the field of nuclear disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
Hubris, Hypocrisy or Hedge?
The Integrated Review
In just 76 words highlighted below across three statements in the nuclear deterrent section of the 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (IR), the UK government reversed its policy of gradual reduction of the variety, number and salience of its nuclear weapons in place through successive governments since the end of the Cold War.
Biden and No First Use: an Opportunity for the Taking
President Obama considered it, and as Vice-President, Biden advocated for it. Will the Biden Administration now commit to a No First Use policy?
The Nuclear Weapons Dimensions of the 2021 Integrated Review: A First Look
The Johnson Government has set a decisive course away from the United Kingdom’s three decade-long trend of successive nuclear reductions and increasing transparency.
Latest Publications
Contemporary Opportunities for the NPT: Perspectives from the Emerging Voices Network
The Emerging Voices Network presents the policy recommendations from its first policy working cycle.
The Nuclear Responsibilities Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Thinking, Talking and Writing
Publication of the Nuclear Responsibilities Toolkit (2021), a conceptual and practical guide to policy communities who would like to experiment with the Nuclear Responsibilities Approach.
Gender, Think-Tanks and International Affairs: a Toolkit
The Gender, Think-Tanks and International Affairs Toolkit has been jointly developed and published by BASIC,…
Report: Nuclear Responsibilities – A New Approach for Thinking and Talking about Nuclear Weapons
We seek in this report to suggest ways, and crucially propose a new method, to gradually shift the nature of the contemporary global conversation on nuclear weapons away from one characterised by rights, blame, and suspicion towards one framed by responsibility, empathic cooperation, and even trust.
Report: Strategic Risk Reduction in the European Context
States have employed risk reduction strategies in order to manage some of the unintended consequences…
Report: Exploring the Nuclear Responsibilities Framing in India
On 22nd November 2019, BASIC organised a half-day scoping workshop in New Delhi at the…
Report: Advancing Strategic Risk Reduction in Europe
This report arises from a roundtable on ‘European strategies for strategic risk reduction’ on 1…
Report: Reducing Nuclear Risks: European perspectives from the 2019 PrepCom
This report arises from a roundtable on ‘Developing European Perspectives on Nuclear Risks’ on 7 May 2019, hosted at the Polish Mission to the UN in New York and under the sponsorship of the Dutch Foreign Ministry during the 2019 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee.
Explore our Programmes
BASIC believes in making progress on nuclear disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation through multiple complementary approaches. We continuously develop our programmes – streams of research – through sustained engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, collectively searching for the art of the possible.
Our current programmes are listed below. To see our Programme’s page, click here. To see our completed programmes, visit our archive.
Risk Reduction
Nuclear risks have been increasing. Find out what can be done to counteract this trend:
Russia’s Strategy, Goals, Means and Ways – A View from Poland
Polish threat perceptions and risk assessments are heavily influenced by Poland’s proximity to Russia – and the author suggests solutions to contain them.
Lithuania: Nuclear and Conventional Risk Assessments, and Policy Responses
Lithuania’s current nuclear and conventional risk assessments, and possible policy responses.
Event Recording: BASIC Co-Director Presents at OxPeace 2021
On 15th May, BASIC Co-Director Sebastian Brixey-Williams was invited to speak at the OxPeace 2021 Conference ’Peace in the Nuclear Era: threats, treaties and public understanding.’ View the recording here.
Engagement without Recognition: A Pathway to China-India Risk Reduction Dialogue?
Recent deadly military incidents and an ongoing border conflict between China and India has led…
Report: Strategic Risk Reduction in the European Context
States have employed risk reduction strategies in order to manage some of the unintended consequences…
Report: Advancing Strategic Risk Reduction in Europe
This report arises from a roundtable on ‘European strategies for strategic risk reduction’ on 1…
Securing Empathy to Prevent Misunderstanding Among the Nuclear Five
This article was co-authored with Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler, Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security…
We think, we write
BASIC is developing new approaches to overcome states’ dependency on the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, which blocks global nuclear disarmament and drives proliferation. We engage diverse perspectives, encourage empathy across states, and broaden the context of debate. We have an established reputation for non-partisan, non-judgemental, cross-cultural engagement and for seeking common ground.
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