Film director and actor Terry Jones references BASIC in his commentary on the Trident nuclear weapon system and Britain's defense budget.
Read the full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/26/defence-spending-cuts
Russia
SNAP ANALYSIS – Can Middle East WMD-free zone talks happen?
“The decision to convene a conference in two years time to move towards a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction is a major achievement, after 15 years of inaction,”
BASIC Progam Director Anne Penketh quoted by Reuters.
Read the full article: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-48899220100529
Recycled leaders like Hague and IDS are better second time around
Yesterday’s announcement that the government would stick to a limit of 225 nuclear warheads has been rightly welcomed by BASIC (the British American Security Information Council) as a next step in transparency and disarmament.
Mary Riddell references BASIC in her commentary. Read more:
Disarmament timeline could be deal-breaker at NPT Review Conference
Day 14: There is widespread dismay at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference where the latest draft on the treaty's disarmament pillar has excised all references to a timetable for the nuclear weapons states to disarm.
Iran sanctions ‘holding up nuclear treaty negotiations’
The unveiling of the Iran sanctions resolution “has changed the atmosphere here”, noted Anne Penketh who is monitoring the view. The conference, she noted, “has been on a knife-edge from the get-go and I think it still is”.
Russia rejects German proposal on tactical nuclear weapons
Day 13: Russia has rejected a proposal from Germany to include a call for the “irreversible reduction and elimination” of US and Russian tactical weapons in a draft action plan of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Treaty Conference.
The exchange took place during a closed-door session which was discussing the disarmament pillar of the NPT.
Security Council draft resolution on Iran overshadows NPT Review Conference
Day 12: Two dramatic interventions could influence the outcome of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference.
One was the presentation of the Non-Aligned Movement's suggested wholesale amendments to the committee focusing on the non-proliferation pillar of the NPT.
NATO ‘Experts Group’ misses an opportunity for leadership on nuclear posture
BASIC and Arms Control Association Press Release
(London/Berlin/Washington, D.C./New York) — U.S. and European nuclear arms control and security experts reacted to the elements of a report from a group of senior advisors on reform of NATO\’s basic mission statement describing recommendations on Alliance nuclear policy as a missed opportunity to look forward and take the chance to mould the future of the Alliance.