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Humanitarian consequences
Anthology: Strengthening the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Agenda within the NPT
The EVN Anthology ‘Strengthening the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Agenda within the NPT’ presents a range of policy recommendations and valuable insights in the context of strengthening the HINW agenda within the NPT.
EVN Anthology Launch: Strengthening the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Agenda within the NPT: Early Career Recommendations and Youth Perspectives
On Tuesday 25th June, BASIC’s Emerging Voices Network is hosting a launch event for its anthology on ‘Strengthening the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Agenda within the NPT’.
Nuclear disarmament approaches after the Ban Treaty: a personal view
In the end the Ban Treaty is but one part of the complexity that is multilateral nuclear deterrence and disarmament diplomacy.
Hugs, But Not Apologies: What Was the Point of Obama’s Hiroshima Visit?
BASIC’s Ward Wilson was featured on an episode of “Loud and Clear”, hosted by Brian Becker for Sputnik News. In the interview he analyses the significance of Obama’s visit to Hiroshima and the lasting legacy of nuclear weapons.
Report: Beyond the Ban: The humanitarian initiative of nuclear disarmament and advocacy of no-first-use nuclear doctrines
Deep dissatisfaction with the lack of progress in multilateral nuclear disarmament has led a large number of states within the international community to participate in a process to highlight the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons.
2016 OEWG: Polarisation in Perspective
Discussions about the feasibility and necessity of a legal ban on nuclear weapons took centre stage at the first session of the United Nation’s Open-Ended Working Group on taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament.
Surviving nuclear zero: A fresh perspective on disarmament in the 21st century
Working with the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), UNA-UK hosted a thought experiment event entitled ‘Surviving Nuclear Zero’ to encourage nuclear experts and students to consider the value states attach to nuclear weapons from a new perspective. The project challenged participants to identify how a post-nuclear UK could protect itself and engage effectively in a world where others still possessed nuclear weapons and where grave threats remained.