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.
Analysis
Event Recording: Nuclear Responsibilities: A New Approach for Thinking and Talking about Nuclear Weapons (2 November 2020)
This is the recording of the launch of BASIC and ICCS’ report Nuclear Responsibilities:…
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Meeting on New START Extension Prospects
If not extended by the US and Russia by February 2021, the New START Treaty…
North Korea and Denuclearisation: What Are the Obstacles, and What’s Next?
This article was authored by Edward Howell at the University of Oxford. The US State…
Pandemic Chronicles: Echos of History in the COVID-19 Response for the Navajo Nation
During the Cold War, hundreds of Navajos developed cancer and respiratory illness as a result…
Youth and the NPT Virtual Event
On 16th July 2020, the 75th anniversary of the Trinity Test, BASIC and UNODA co-hosted…
Report: Strategic Risk Reduction in the European Context
States have employed risk reduction strategies in order to manage some of the unintended consequences…
Donald Trump Could Lose the Election by Authorizing a New Nuclear Weapons Test
This is a reprint of an article published on 23 June 2020 by The National…