In this issue: Commitments to disarmament and arms control ; Country reports ; Missile defense ; etc
UK
As Public Spending Belts Tighten, Costly Dreams of Force Projection are Protected
Whilst spending on public services is to be tightened in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), public money is being wasted on new carriers and Trident submarines irrelevant to the security threats facing Britain.
Italian op-ed for nuclear disarmament
In an op-ed published on 24 July 2008 on Il Corriere della Sera, Gianfranco Fini, Massimo D'Alema, Giorgio La Malfa, Arturo Parisi and Francesco Calogero called for Italy and Europe to make their contribution to the propagation of new 'shared vision' and pave the way toward the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.
Preventing a new age of nuclear insecurity? Analysis of William Hague’s July Address to the IISS
At the International Institute for Strategic Studies, William Hague discussed a nuclear weapons-free world, the NPT Review Conference and possible pitfalls.
Another milestone to Zero
UK statesmen call for a world without nuclear weapons
Getting to Zero Update
Getting to Zero – Update
Meeting with a delegation from the Defence Committee of the WEU Assembly – The European Security and Defence Assembly
On June 17, 2008, BASIC hosted a meeting with delegation members from the Defence Committee of the Assembly of the Western European Union – The European Security and Defence Assembly at the Washington, D.C. Home of Stewart R. Mott.
Below are the briefings delivered by Washington-based peace and security experts Ambassador James Leonard, John Isaacs, Shervin Boloorian, and Dr. Joanna Spear.