Paul Ingram, BASIC’s Executive Director, gave oral evidence to the House of Lords International Relations Committee, as part of their Inquiry into the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and nuclear disarmament.
Why NATO Matters
The transatlantic alliance is strained. That’s a problem. NATO matters because it is critical to the U.S. strategy of keeping World War III at bay.
Report: Negative Security Assurances: The Test of Commitment to Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament?
Nuclear armed states already offer some limited and conditional guarantees (NSAs) that they will not threaten nuclear attack on other states that do not have nuclear weapons. This report looks at the opportunities there are in building upon these guarantees.
US Nuclear Posture Review
This is the full version of the US Nuclear Posture Review, first published on 2 February 2018 on the DoD website, and then apparently removed the following day.
What did the UN Security Council meeting on civil unrest in Iran have to do with the Iran Deal?
Paul Ingram, Executive Director of BASIC, speaks to BBC News about heightening tensions between the US and Iran, as US host an emergency UN Security Council meeting to discuss civil unrest in the region.
Watch the full interview here.
Nuclear disarmament approaches after the Ban Treaty: a personal view
In the end the Ban Treaty is but one part of the complexity that is multilateral nuclear deterrence and disarmament diplomacy.
Will Trump undermine the Iran Deal?
In July, BASIC Executive Director, Paul Ingram joined a panel of experts on TRT World to discuss President Trump’s plans to scrap the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Negative Security Assurances (June 2017 Briefing)
In the first of a new series of briefing papers from BASIC Executive Director, Paul Ingram, reviews Negative Security Assurances (NSAs) and their significance in the context of the Ban Treaty talks and beyond.