Programme

How do we build a more responsible global nuclear order along the pathway to disarmament? Every nuclear weapons possessor state has described itself as a ‘responsible’ nuclear-armed state, but what does this mean in practice? The BASIC Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities supports officials, researchers and journalists in understanding the deep conceptions of responsibility that shape the ways states behave around nuclear weapons. By fostering dialogue on nuclear responsibilities among the nuclear possessors and non-nuclear weapon states, we are working with states to reduce risks and collaborate to build a more responsible global nuclear order.

BASIC works closely with governments and civil society to explore and promote practical and effective means to overcome the barriers to multilateral disarmament in a collaborative manner. We see this as a critical principled and pragmatic enterprise that has to absorb competing political and social objectives at national and international level.

How do we increase gender parity and diversity in the nuclear policy community? How can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda inform nuclear decision making? And what does it mean for Donald Trump’s nuclear button to be ‘bigger and more powerful’ than Kim Jong-un’s? In this programme, BASIC explores the multiple links between gender and nuclear weapons to offer a radical new perspective on an old problem.