In the old Cold War in Europe, there was only one serious flashpoint, one place where a dangerous confrontation between Western and Russian forces was likely, and that was Berlin. In today’s confrontation there are many, stretching from the Caucuses to the Baltic Sea.
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Nuclear weapons deal with US renewed in secret, UK confirms
Paul Ingram was quoted in an article about the UK's confirmation about renewing the Mutual Delfence Agreement (MDA) with the United States.
He said: “In governing exceptional nuclear weapon collaboration between the US and UK that has contested legal basis, the MDA is the manifestation of the deep political, cultural and philosophical relationship between the two states.”
Can NATO be saved from strategic obscurity?
Despite a renewed sense of purpose with a change in leadership and the crisis in Ukraine, the alliance continues to court its own irrelevancy.
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
BASIC's event was publicized on this page. This event was part of our Talking Trident series which was held in Edinburgh, Scotland along with WMD Awareness.
Fighting Lies and Misconceptions Supporting Nuclear Weapons
Ward Wilson, a senior fellow at BASIC and author of Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons was interviewed by Rob Kall on his radio show Rob Kall Bottum Up. interview was about the work that Ward does and his beliefs and views on nuclear weapons.
Toward the 2015 NPT Review Conference: Attitudes and Expectations of Member States in the Middle East
What might happen if States Parties from one of the most volatile regions in the world were to reconsider their membership of the principle international treaty that controls the deadliest weapons on Earth? Almost 20 years since the indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), members of the Arab League have threatened to reconsider their position toward that extension on the basis that there has been no progress on the 1995 resolution associated with establishing a Middle East Zone free from weapons of mass destruction.
Prospects for Agreement with Iran
The negotiations over Iran’s nuclear activities between Iran and its Western interlocutors – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany – on Iran’s nuclear activities are under way in New York again with no one optimistic about the immediate outcome.
Scotland stays in the UK but decisions on Trident still to come
It’s not only the Royal Bank of Scotland that will this morning have ditched their contingency planning for a vote in favour of Scottish independence.