BASIC is pleased to publish a new policy brief by Dr Laura Rose Brown as part of our project examining the implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) ahead of the treaty’s First Review Conference, scheduled to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in late 2026.
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Report: Preparing for the First Review Conference of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: An Analysis of the TPNW’s Implementation and Potential for Impact
BASIC is pleased to publish a new report by Dr Laura Rose Brown examining implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) ahead of the treaty’s First Review Conference, scheduled to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in late 2026.
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.
Scoping British Nuclear Weapons Harms
“Scoping British Nuclear Weapons Harms”, generously funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, is a project that investigates harms associated with the United Kingdom’s nuclear arsenal.
New START Expires: An Old Nuclear Future Returns
Senior Policy Fellow and NPD Programme Manager Dr Manuel Herrera comments on the expiry of the New START Treaty.
Press Release: With New START’s Expiry, An Old Nuclear Paradigm Returns. Sustained, Empathic Dialogue Will Help Steer Nuclear Diplomacy Back Into Safer Waters
5 FEBRUARY, LONDON: From Thursday 5 February, for the first time since 1972, there will…