It is a quarter of a century since the Cold War. Yet the debate over nuclear weapons has the shadow of that ideological struggle hanging over it, and investment decisions are being taken that will commit states to deploying nuclear weapons for half a century from now.
Next Generation

Meet the Next Generation of Policy Shapers: Insights & Findings
Between October 2014 and March 2015 as part of the Next Generation Shapers project, BASIC hosted a series of discussions with US and UK based policy students and young professionals with different interests and areas of expertise.
Exploring the links between nuclear weapons and climate change
Climate change and nuclear weapons have one thing in common: neither are easily solvable dilemmas and require multidimensional global action.

Linking nuclear weapons and climate change
As part of BASIC\’s Next Generation Project, BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram and Greenpeace campaigner Louise Edge led a discussion exploring the links between the nuclear weapons debate and the climate change debate, and the political and public perceptions of both

Joint event with UNA-UK: Surviving Nuclear Zero
How could Britain ensure its security without nuclear weapons?
BASIC joined up with the United Nations Association-UK (UNA-UK) to discuss this question on 29 May 2015 at the International Maritime Organization in London.

Talking about Trident & the Next Generation of Global Threats
BASIC and WMD Awareness kicked off their Talking Trident: A Conversation with the Next Generation event series on July 9th in Shoreditch in east London. These events are a series of debates being held to give young adults in Britain the opportunity to express their opinions on the issue of nuclear weapons before the government makes a decision on whether to renew its nuclear system, Trident, in 2016.
Next Generation
BASIC’s NextGen project aims to inspire the next generation to think differently about nuclear weapons by injecting fresh thinking into the nuclear weapons discussion.
BASIC Project Launch: Next Generation
Help us to inspire a new generation of thinking on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.