Using the Question Time format, audience members were invited to submit questions on the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons posture and plans on October 31.
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Nuclear powers plan weapons spending spree, report finds
The Guardian reported on BASIC's Trident Commission discussion paper in an article on October 31, 2011, highlighting the modernization programs of the other nuclear powers. The paper was written by Dr. Ian Kearns, BASIC's Trident Commission consultant.
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This Week: Trident Commission turbines are turning
Tonight the Trident Commission hosts the first of its public events to involve Parliamentarians and others in the brewing debate over this stage in Britain’s nuclear weapons development. It will be holding a Question Time in Parliament on Britain’s nuclear choices, hosted by Anita Anand of the BBC in the chair with Baroness Williams, Julian Lewis MP, David Omand, Prof Mike Clarke and Tim Hare on the panel.
Question Time: Britain’s nuclear choices and the context
Using the Question Time format, audience members were invited to submit questions on the United Kingdom\’s nuclear weapons posture and plans on October 31. Anita Anand, BBC presenter on Radio 4 and 5, was the Chair.
Media Release: First BASIC Trident Commission Paper Points To Worrying Trends in the World’s Nuclear Armed States
The BASIC Trident Commission publishes its first discussion paper Monday 31 October on recent worrying developments in the nuclear force structures of the world’s nuclear armed states. The report argues that “the evidence points to a new era of global nuclear force modernisation and growth”. The paper published with a Foreword from the Commission co-Chairs, is written by Ian Kearns and present evidence that:
Beyond the UK: Trends in the Other Nuclear Armed States
This first BASIC Trident Commission briefing outlines recent worrying developments in the nuclear force structures of the world’s nuclear armed states. It argues that “the evidence points to a new era of global nuclear force modernisation and growth”.
This Week: Hope for North Korea Talks?
It’s election season in the United States, and the US delegation at talks in Geneva this week with North Korean officials will have one priority in mind – to avoid a provocation by nuclear-armed North Korea
Finland to host 2012 conference on WMD-free zone in Middle East
Anne Penketh is quoted by Elizabeth Whitman of Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency in an article on the host goverment and facilitator picked for the 2012 conference on a WMD-free zone in the Middle East.