In this episode, Dr Megan Dee and Ingrid Kirsten explore the responsibilities associated with the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, reflecting on how responsibilities are attributed – and upheld – to ensure that nuclear materials and technologies not only remain safe and secure but accessible to those most in need.
Responsibilities and Global Governance
NukeChat Episode 4: Nuclear Responsibilities and Non-Proliferation
In this episode, Dr Megan Dee and Dr Toby Dalton explore nuclear responsibilities as they relate to nuclear non-proliferation, along with the challenges this third nuclear age presents for the non-proliferation regime at large.
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.
NukeChat Episode 3: Nuclear Responsibilities and Disarmament
In this episode, Dr Megan Dee and Maria Antonieta Jaquez consider nuclear responsibilities and the topic of nuclear disarmament, looking at the different perspectives surrounding this debate, including as it relates to the disarmament principles of irreversibility, transparency, and verification.
NukeChat Episode 2: Nuclear Responsibilities Through The Nuclear Ages
In this episode, Dr Megan Dee and Dr Ben Zala consider how nuclear responsibilities have evolved over the first and second nuclear ages and reflect on how they have also been questioned, critiqued, and potentially undermined in this new nuclear age.
NukeChat Episode 1: Nuclear Responsibilities and Why They Matter
What are nuclear responsibilities and why do they matter? In this opening episode, Dr Megan Dee and Dr Alice Spilman introduce nuclear responsibilities as a prevalent theme and loaded term within contemporary global nuclear politics and diplomacy.
Q&A: Nuclear Responsibilities Programme Renames to the Responsibilities and Global Governance Programme
BASIC’s Nuclear Responsibility Programme has renamed. In this Q&A, Programme Manager Dr Chiara Cervasio answers key questions as to what this means for the programme’s work.
The U.S. Golden Dome and Why the Nuclear-Space Nexus Demands Attention: Reflections from the 63rd Annual Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima
Between 1-5 November 2025, BASIC Policy Intern Ching Wei Sooi attended the 63rd Annual Pugwash…