All’s fair in cuts and war

Film director and actor Terry Jones references BASIC in his commentary on the Trident nuclear weapon system and Britain's defense budget.

Read the full article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/26/defence-spending-cuts

SNAP ANALYSIS – Can Middle East WMD-free zone talks happen?

“The decision to convene a conference in two years time to move towards a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction is a major achievement, after 15 years of inaction,”

BASIC Progam Director Anne Penketh quoted by Reuters.

Read the full article: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-48899220100529

Nuke Conference Achieves Deal; US May Backtrack on Mideast Conference

“The Review Conference snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.” said BASIC Program Director Anne Penketh, quoted in The Huffington Post.

Recycled leaders like Hague and IDS are better second time around

Yesterday’s announcement that the government would stick to a limit of 225 nuclear warheads has been rightly welcomed by BASIC (the British American Security Information Council) as a next step in transparency and disarmament.

Mary Riddell references BASIC in her commentary. Read more:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/maryriddell/100041312/recycled-leaders-like-hague-and-ids-are-better-second-time-around/

Iran sanctions ‘holding up nuclear treaty negotiations’

The unveiling of the Iran sanctions resolution “has changed the atmosphere here”, noted Anne Penketh who is monitoring the view. The conference, she noted, “has been on a knife-edge from the get-go and I think it still is”.

Hague’s half page of waffle will not do to bind the shreds of union.

The Royal United Services Institute suggested cut of £11bn by keeping the Trident submarines in harbour quoted BASIC's information.

US shows its nuclear hand in bid to show sincerity on arms

“I think the Americans have got an uphill struggle based on the speeches here today.”

BASIC Program Director Anne Penketh quoted in The Guardian, on the opening-day of the NPT Review Conference.

British lapdog gets ready to be set loose

“The big shift in this relationship has been the election of Obama, which has been basically a shift away from traditional alliances and towards reaching out to new relationships around the world.”

BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram quoted in RT News.