Maxwell Downman is the Co-Director for BASIC, as part of the Executive Management Team, with full executive responsibilities for programme delivery and the strategic growth and development of the think tank.
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Technological Risk
Emerging technologies pose new and unique threats to international stability. BASIC monitors and assesses the impacts of disruptive technologies – such as cyber weapons, artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and drones – on nuclear command-and-control systems and delivery platforms, and provides analysis of their strategic implications and opportunities for control.
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About BASIC
About BASIC Our Mission We are an independent, non-profit think tank whose mission is to…
Archive
Archive of our past programmes. Discover our past programmes, read more about them, and browse…
The Trident Commission
The Trident Commission (2011-2014) The Trident Commission From 2011-2014 BASIC coordinated an independent, cross-party commission…
Shadow NATO Summits
Shadow NATO Summits Shadow NATO Summits 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2018 BASIC and partners organized…
Responsibilities and Global Governance
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.