Tim Westmyer, the host of the Super Critical Podcast, invited BASIC’s Co-Director Sebastian Brixey-Williams to…
Analysis

Why the Israeli Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity is Harmful for Prospects of a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East
The Israeli policy of nuclear ambiguity is perhaps one of the most controversial nuclear policies today, and is the subject of some criticism by other states in the Middle East and nuclear disarmament activists.

Stockholm Syndrome: Looking to Escape the Nuclear Trap We’re Caught In
Whilst the public debate over nuclear disarmament tends to deal in black and white, the reality is that the nuclear disarmament process to which every member of the international community is committed to inevitably involves a complex set of steps that can be taken unilaterally, bilaterally and multilaterally.

Why All Regional States Should Attend the November 2019 Conference on the Middle East WMD Free Zone
The 1995 indefinite extension of the NPT was agreed alongside a decision to hold a…

INF Treaty Withdrawal and the U.S. – Europe alliance
This article is reposted with kind permission from the Outrider Foundation who commissioned this piece.…

Conflict in Kashmir — Responsibilities and the Fallacy of Escalation of Control
Hailed by India as a successful demonstration of Indian resolve, India’s “non-military pre-emptive strike” against…

How can we move forward after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal?
The adoption of the JCPoA signalled Iranian willingness to cooperate with western nations. However, in May 2018, President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise and pulled the US out of the deal, reinstating sanctions on Iran and threatening foreign entities with secondary sanctions.

Washington’s Northeast Asian nuclear umbrella and Sino-American strategic relations
The American nuclear umbrella, though focused on the DPRK, also positions Washington against one of its major great power rivals. As the US Naval War College’s Terrence Roehrig has argued, the US nuclear umbrella concurrently deters China to an extent.