Mapping the Influence of Disruptive Technologies on Future Arms Control Agreements

This report details how emerging technologies will drastically change the world in which nuclear weapons exist, but not the weapons themselves.

Conventional Arms Control and Nuclear Security: The Challenge of Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons

Guest author, Peter Rautenbach, explores the challenges of Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS) weapons, and looks to arms control to mitigate the ensuing risks.

BASIC Policy Intern, Fabian Hoffmann, Publishes New Report on Cruise Missile Proliferation

One of BASIC’s talented Policy Interns, Fabian Hoffmann, has published a report with the European…

Strategic Upheaval, Overhyped, or Something in Between? Forecasting the Relative Impacts of Cyber and Space Technologies

This is an extract from an article written by Marina Favaro and published by the…

Nuke accidents inevitable, public always at risk

Following the 2016 report on nuclear accidents by the Nuclear Information Service, RT contacted BASIC Executive Director, Paul Ingram, for an interview on the public risks associated with the deployment of nuclear weapons.

Conference Videos: Impact of Emerging Technologies on the the Future of SSBN’s

On 13th September 2016, BASIC, British Pugwash and the University of Leicester hosted The impact of Emerging Technologies on the Future of SSBNs in Whitehall, London. The conference welcomed contributions from 15 scientific experts and strategic thinkers on the implications of major advances in sonar, non-acoustic detection, new forms of undersea communications and autonomous maritime drones for sea-based deterrence.

Report: The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Future of SSBNs

On the 13^th September, BASIC, British Pugwash and the University of Leicester hosted a conference at the National Liberal Club, London on emerging undersea technologies and how they could affect the operation of ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).

The impact of emerging technologies on the future of SSBNs

British Pugwash, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and BASIC, will hold a conference on the impact of merging technologies on the Future of SSBNs.