Sebastian Brixey-Williams is the Executive Director of BASIC.
Dave Cullen
Policy Fellow and Programme Manager, Emerging Voices Network
Dave is a Policy Fellow at BASIC and Programme Manager of our Emerging Voices Network. He joined BASIC after eight years at the Nuclear Information Service (NIS), where he was the Director.
Dave is an expert on the UK nuclear weapons programme, frequently quoted in the press and cited in research. His own publications have covered programmatic and technical problems within the programme, plans for the new UK and US warheads, and the costs of the programme. His work focuses on the interrelationship between technology, policy and politics in relation to weapon systems and disarmament.
Prior to working at NIS, he was a researcher for the International Coalition to Ban Urainum Weapons. He is co-chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s NGO forum and chair of trustees at the Conflict and Environment Observatory.
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Our dedicated and professional team brings a diversity of expertise, approaches and perspectives. Meet its members below.
Laura Rose Brown
Laura Rose Brown is a Policy Fellow at BASIC and PhD student at the University of Leeds.
Dr Gry Thomasen
Dr Gry Thomsen is a Policy Fellow at BASIC working on the Nuclear Disarmament Programme.
Alice Spilman
Alice Spilman is a Researcher on the Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities with BASIC and the ICCS, University of Birmingham.
Chiara Cervasio
Chiara Cervasio is a Policy Fellow, working on the Nuclear Responsibilities Programme.
Mhairi McClafferty
Mhairi is a Policy Intern at BASIC, where she works on the Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities.
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is a Policy Fellow and Manager at BASIC, where he manages the Technological Risk programme.
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Nick Ritchie
Nick researches and teaches in the areas of international relations and international security at the University of York. His particular…
Vinod Kumar
A. Vinod Kumar is Associate Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), and a Visiting Faculty at the Institute of…
Norman Moss
Norman Moss is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He was born in London in 1928 but was raised and educated partly in New York.
Anthony Rinna
Anthony V. Rinna is a Senior Editor with Sino-NK, a research organization dedicated to analyzing Northeast Asia. Formerly trained as an…
Rebecca Cousins
Rebecca Cousins was BASIC’s Programme Director for the Next Gen project. Prior to that, she was a diplomat in the British Foreign and…
Rachel Staley Grant
Rachel Staley Grant joined NTI in August 2016 and serves as the Director of Public Education. Between 2011 and 2016, Staley Grant…
Edmond Seay III
Ted Seay is an independent arms control and disarmament consultant currently based in London. He was assigned to the U.S. Mission to…
Ward Wilson
Ward Wilson Senior Fellow Ward Wilson was senior fellow and director of the Rethinking Nuclear…
Ian Kearns
Dr Ian Kearns is the co-Founder of the European Leadership Network and serves on the ELN’s Board of Directors. Dr Kearns served as…
Anne Penketh
Anne Penketh was BASIC Program Director in Washington from 2009 to 2012. Previously she was a staff journalist with major media…
Tim Street
Tim recently completed his PhD exploring the politics of nuclear disarmament at Warwick University as part of a collaborative…
Lianet Vazquez
Lianet Vazquez was the Herbert Scoville Jr Peace Fellow at BASIC in 2014.
Tabitha Sanders
Tabitha Sanders is one of the organisers of #NatSecGirlSquad, a US initiative to support women working in National Security. She was a…
Nina Sofie Pedersen
Nina Sofie Pedersen is a Researcher at BASIC. Her current responsibilities include researching and developing the Programme on…
John Thomson
Sir John Thomson was a British Diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the UN. He served as adviser to BASIC.
Chris Lindborg-Pena
Christina Pena was BASIC’s Analyst and Programme Manager.
Ian Davis
Dr Ian Davis is an independent human security and arms control consultant, writer and founding director of NATO Watch…