BASIC’s new report illustrates in clear detail the cost risk of Trident renewal to the UK’s Defence budget; Dreadnought’s through life costs are likely to be between £110-114bn.
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Why NATO Matters
The transatlantic alliance is strained. That’s a problem. NATO matters because it is critical to the U.S. strategy of keeping World War III at bay.
Trump’s volatile nuclear policy begins to take effect
As in many other policy realms, Trump’s nuclear mission also seems to be aimed at reversing the legacy of his immediate predecessor, while having no notable contribution to the initiatives pursued by his Republican predecessor to curb proliferation, even if through proactive means.
Europe and the Iran Deal: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
After more than a year of uncertainty, President Trump announced that the United States would reimpose sanctions against Iran in violation of the JCPoA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), leaving the Iran Deal in limbo.
APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation 2000 - 2024 The All-Party Parliamentary…
Shadow NATO Summits
Shadow NATO Summits Shadow NATO Summits 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2018 BASIC and partners organized…
WMD Free Zone in the Middle East
BASIC works closely with people across the region to promote the vision and overcome the obstacles to a WMD Free Zone. We are the institutional home for an inclusive process revolving around a draft treaty text, ‘Achieving the Possible’, that involves governments, experts and civil society.
NATO Needs a Declaratory Policy
NATO has never had a declaratory policy. Instead it has explicitly preferred thus far to rely on the three distinct declaratory policies of its nuclear member-states, despite their contrasting conditions-for-use.