The current rush is unnecessary, reduces military flexibility and interoperability with the US, undermines the NPT and stymies an open debate.
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Nuclear deterrence: A tried and tested defense strategy or an elaborate belief system masquerading as scientific theory?
Blair has turned a six-year opportunity to discuss replacing Trident into a six-month rubber-stamping exercise
The ultimate lecture: Anthropology 101
On a distant planet in the not-so-distant future, an anthropology lecturer coolly examines the Earth people before their self-destruction. Through this diverse collection of images, both trivial and evocative, he pieces together a compelling, often disturbing, account of what life on Earth must have been like.
The ultimate lecture: Anthropology 101
……it's the end of the Earth, no less.
Music: Brian Eno
Narration: Mark Rylance
New proposal to Iran: Will it be enough to defuse the nuclear crisis?
Western offer holds grounds for optimism although Iran will balk at demand to suspend uranium enrichment before talks
US ‘Prompt Global Strike’ Capability: A new destabilising sub-state deterrent in the making?
Congress should eliminate the million earmarked to convert Trident II D-5 SLBMs to carry conventional warheads – and Nato allies should voice opposition to it
The UK Defence Industrial Strategy and alternative approaches
Britain could help project European power in international security
Background leaflet for the debate on Trident
“The ‘Beyond Trident’ strategy is to move the debate beyond outdated and polarized positions on nuclear weapons policy and locate it in the context of Britain’s current and future security n
See, speak, and hear no incompetence: The findings of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the US Regarding WMDs
The WMD Commission report and recommendations – and the dangers of “group think”