Chris Spedding is a Policy Fellow and Manager at BASIC, where he manages the Technological Risk programme.
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A Broken Bargain? The 2026 NPT Review Conference and the Erosion of Nuclear Reciprocity
In the second publication in our new series, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Briefs (NPD Briefs), guest contributor Alexis Cudey argues that the NPT’s pillars of non-proliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use are increasingly being treated as separable rather than mutually reinforcing.
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Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at BASIC, working on Nuclear Responsibilities.
A Step-by-Step Approach to Universal Nuclear Disarmament
In the latest publication in our new series, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Briefs (NPD Briefs), guest contributor Nichole Ballawar proposes an incremental, sequenced five-stage framework, linking strategic stability, emerging technologies, and multilateral governance towards a practical pathway towards universal nuclear disarmament.
Four Months of War and an MoU – What is Iran’s Nuclear Future?
In this article, Dr Manuel Herrera Almela, Senior Policy Fellow at BASIC and Manager of the Non-Proliferation…
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.
Reimagining the Perils of Brinkmanship in South Asia
In the latest series of articles reflecting on the anniversary of the May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis, Syed Ali Zia Jaffery examines how misperceptions, weak crisis-management mechanisms, emerging technologies, and geographical proximity could make future India-Pakistan crises dangerously prone to nuclear brinkmanship.
BASIC Events and Attendance at the 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT RevCon)
In this post, we provide a schedule for BASIC events and other staff attendance information for the 2026 NPT Review Conference.