This report is a product of two Track 2/1.5 dialogues involving two crisis simulations that were facilitated by BASIC’s Responsibilities and Global Governance Programme with participants from Indian and Pakistani nuclear policy communities in Bahrain in February 2026.
Publication
Report: Envisioning Future Pathways for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Our new EVN report gathers the expertise of emerging experts on what the future could hold for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Report: Paths to a Sustainable Future: The Evolving Security Architecture in Europe
Written by Dr Gry Thomasen, “Paths to a Sustainable Future: The Evolving Security Architecture in Europe” is the final report of BASIC’s “Rethinking European Security” project, funded by the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation.
Working Paper: Strengthening Dialogue in the Non-Proliferation Treaty: the Nuclear Responsibilities Approach
The Centre for Policy, Conflict and Co-operation (CPCCR) at the University of Stirling and BASIC have submitted a working paper, authored by Dr Megan Dee, “Strengthening dialogue in the Non-Proliferation Treaty: the nuclear responsibilities approach”, to the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Brief: Reporting Practices in the NPT: Historical Development and Future Options
In this brief, Dr Matthew Hartwell examines the evolution of reporting within the NPT review process and sets out practical options for strengthening reporting beyond the current cycle.
Brief: The False Binary: Consensus Versus Failure and the 2026 NPT Review Conference
In this brief, Dr Matthew Hartwell and Dr Alice Spilman critically examine the range of outcome options available at the 2026 NPT Review Conference. They argue that States Parties possess meaningful agency in choosing the outcome format best suited to prevailing conditions.
Report: A Zone of Potential Agreement? Transparency and Accountability and the 2026 NPT Review Conference
In this report, Dr Matthew Hartwell and Dr Alice Spilman examine nuclear transparency in the context of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The report seeks to clarify what nuclear transparency means in practice, map proposals to strengthen transparency and accountability within the NPT review process, and assess how these ideas might be carried forward at the 2026 Review Conference.
Report: Unpacking the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis: Mutual Perceptions, Nuclear Escalation Risks, and De-escalation Pathways
In this report, Mhairi McClafferty explores the central role of perceptions in shaping both escalation and de-escalation during the May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis.