BASIC and WMD Awareness held another event in the Talking Trident: A Conversation with the Next Generation event series on 15th January at the University of Warwick.
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Warwick University: We need to talk…about nukes
BASIC and WMD Awareness teamed up with the Politics and International Studies Department at Warwick University to host the third Talking Trident event on 15 January 2015.
Will America’s political discord torpedo the Iran talks?
Continued Republican efforts to force further sanctions on Iran threaten the fragile coalition making progress on nuclear negotiations, which already show wear from an outdated zero-sum approach.
Iran’s Beef
“Where you stand depends on where you sit” is an old maxim of politics. Where Iranians sit is on a lot of history that inclines them to resent and mistrust America and Britain, and mistrust in particular anything that would compromise their freedom of action.
We still have choices about Trident replacement
BASIC's Executive Director wrote a peice for Left Foot Forward questioning the patrolling of nuclear weapons when currently we face no strategic threat.
Implications of failing to reach a deal, again
Despite a tremendous diplomatic effort last week, the E3+3 (P5+1: United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany) negotiations with Iran failed to reach a comprehensive agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity in exchange for lifting sanctions by their self-imposed November 24 deadline.
How would Iran & P5+1 agreement on Monday be greeted by the negotiators?
There is much speculation around how a prospective deal next week that could strengthen constraints upon Iran’s nuclear program in return for a partial lifting of sanctions will go down in Washington. But how about Tehran?
Iran nuclear negotiations: The final stretch?
Nuclear weapons once again see the headlines this week as the international community observes the E3+3 (Also referred to as the P5+1: United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and Germany) and Iran meet this week in Vienna.