Continuing arms sales and military assistance programs are premised on an unproved Iranian threat, will affect the regional strategic balance and support authoritarian regimes.
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Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr, joins BASIC board of advisors
The Chairman of the BASIC Council, Professor James O\’Connell, announced today that Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr, has joined the BASIC Advisory Board. As a BASIC Advisor, Amb. Graham will help guide the organization\’s research and advocacy programs in the field of nuclear non-proliferation.
Getting to Zero Update
In this issue: Arms control ; Country reports ; Nuclear energy
‘Zero Nuclear Weapons’: Ambassador Kampelman in London
BASIC sponsored a week-long visit by Ambassador Max Kampelman (U.S.-ret.) to London to discuss the \’Zero nuclear weapons\’ agenda. During his visit, Amb. Kampelman delivered a speech to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation and WMD.See the full text of his speech to the All-Party Parliamentary Group below.
Four major UK security announcements on eve of parliamentary recess
The UK government released a total of 46 written statements on one day last week, just as MPs were leaving parliament for the summer recess. The statements included four important policy announcements on defence and security issues.
Former US chief nuclear negotiator in London calls for zero nuclear weapons
Getting to Zero is an essential objective if we are to avoid the descent into nuclear proliferation
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation at Westminster earlier today Ambassador Max Kampelman reiterated an earlier call in January this year by US Secretaries Shultz, Kissinger, Perry and Senator Nunn to step back from the brink of nuclear anarchy.
Gordon Brown PM
Does the new UK prime minister herald a new dawn in UK foreign policy or business as usual?Introduction
Iran inside Iraq
The Iranian government is unlikely to be playing a decisive role in the sectarian warfare and insurgency in Iraq
The Iranian government is unlikely to be playing a decisive role in the sectarian warfare and insurgency in Iraq, says a new BASIC study released today. Iranian support for violence in Iraq: a review of the evidence concludes that although Iran has a considerable presence in Iraq, its role in the violence has been exaggerated.