BASIC's Executive Director wrote a peice for Left Foot Forward questioning the patrolling of nuclear weapons when currently we face no strategic threat.
Modernisation
The Age of Frustration
The period before World War I was marked by inequality, terrorism, and discontent with democracy. Sound familiar?
Interview with Paul Ingram, Executive Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Paul Ingram's interview with the International Relations and Security Network was published on the Maryland Leader. The interview covered BASIC's mission, our new Next Generation project and Paul's comments on the recent Scottish independence referendum and its impacts on the debate on Britain's nuclear deterrent.
Why does Britain need to feel special?
The world is getting restless with some states' attachment to nuclear weapons. So why is Britain going out of its way to deepen its nuclear relationship with the United States?
An Interview with Paul Ingram, Executive Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Paul Ingram was interviewed by the ISN about BASIC's mission, our new project called Next Generation that works to stimulate fresh thinking in the nuclear weapons debate and the cross-party BASIC Trident Commission, which recently published its final report on the UK’s nuclear weapons policy.
US, the UK secretly renew nuclear treaty
This article quotes Paul Ingram on the Mutual Defense Agreement (MDA) between the US and UK:
“The manifestation of the deep political, cultural, and philosophical relationship between [the US and the UK]”
“[But] how can it possibly be effective to criticize North Korea for allegedly supplying nuclear and missile technology to states like Syria and Iran when we trade between ourselves technologies directly relevant to constructing nuclear warheads, missiles, and submarines?”
Nuclear weapons deal with US renewed in secret, UK confirms
Paul Ingram was quoted in an article about the UK's confirmation about renewing the Mutual Delfence Agreement (MDA) with the United States.
He said: “In governing exceptional nuclear weapon collaboration between the US and UK that has contested legal basis, the MDA is the manifestation of the deep political, cultural and philosophical relationship between the two states.”
Trident – a liability the UK can ill afford to keep
If Scotland votes yes for independence this week, the chances of the UK having to disarm its nuclear arsenal rise dramatically–and the global non-proliferation regime needs just such a shot in the arm. But even a close no vote should be cause for reassessment over the future of Trident.