On 22nd November 2023, the APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation hosted an APPG meeting, ‘Does Britain’s Deterrent Policy Need Updating?’, chaired by Lord David Hannay of Chiswick.
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Summary of APPG Meeting: The 2023 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
On 28th March 2023, the APPG on Global Security and Non-proliferation hosted an APPG meeting on the ‘2023 Integrated Review’, chaired by Lord David Hannay of Chiswick.
Extra-Long Trident Patrols: Heightened Risks for Crew Wellbeing and Nuclear Safety?
Trident patrols are now regularly five months long, up from just two months during the Cold War. What might the implications be for those serving aboard?
Report: The Case for a Proliferation-Resistant Medical Isotope Reactor
Eva-Nour Repussard and Chris Spedding discuss the finding of a roundtable on the Case for a Proliferation-Resistant Medical Isotope Reactor, convened by BASIC and The Open University.
The ‘Responsibility Turn’ in Nuclear Diplomacy
The New Atlantic Charter provides the first time that the specific language of ‘responsible state behaviour’ has been used publicly in an official capacity in relation to nuclear weapons.
The ‘Responsibility Turn’ in Nuclear Diplomacy
The New Atlantic Charter provides the first time that the specific language of ‘responsible state behaviour’ has been used publicly in an official capacity in relation to nuclear weapons.
Report: A History of the United Kingdom’s WE 177 Nuclear Weapons Programme
This history offers a chronological account of the WE 177 from 1959 through to the decision to provide a third variant of the design for the RAF in the 1970s, and then onto the late 1970s.
What Next for the INF Treaty?
On 31 October, the APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation held a meeting to discuss the future of the INF Treaty, following President Trump announcing his intention to withdraw.