In May 2021, Trevor McCrisken retired from the BASIC board after sixteen years of service and contribution to BASIC’s development.
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TPNW and Humanitarian Initiative Resource List
A new research resource, compiled by Dr Nick Ritchie, collates sources on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Humanitarian Initiative.

Nuclear Responsibilities: A Chinese Perspective
This piece, by Mr Zhou Chang forms of a number of reflective pieces written by experts to respond to the Nuclear Responsibilities Approach and is co-published between BASIC, the ICCS and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA).

Congratulating BASIC Policy Intern, Laura Rose Brown
Laura Rose Brown is appointed as BASIC and University of Leeds’ ESRC PhD Researcher on gendering nuclear weapons policy.

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…

Congratulating BASIC Policy Intern, Fabian Hoffmann
Fabian is moving on to a part-time role as Research Assistant with the IISS office in Berlin, where he is going to support the Defense and Military Analysis Programme.

BASIC Policy Intern, Fabian Hoffmann, Publishes New Report on Cruise Missile Control in the Next National Security Strategy
BASIC Policy Intern, Fabian Hoffmann, has published an article with The Strategy Bridge on US…

Event recording: Nuclear Responsibilities report co-authors in conversation with Dr Rabia Akhtar, CSSPR Conversations
Following the BASIC-ICCS launch of ‘Nuclear Responsibilities: A New Approach for Thinking and Talking about…