New long read: Strategising for Peace in the New Age of Empire The US National Security Strategy underlines a shift from liberalism to overt imperialism. Larry Attree discusses how the UK can oppose these dangerous trends & promote a more peaceful future. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/12/11/s...

Over 25,000 people have already signed the letter to Keir Starmer and national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... #NEB2025

New Event - BISA Security Policy & Practice - 09 Dec, 10am *Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict* This event offers space for scholars & peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace within Israel, Palestine & at regional & int'l levels. bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

We are pleased to have signed on to this letter to the PM calling for an urgent rethink of the government's ill-thought, uncosted plan to acquire F-35A jets for the NATO 'tactical nuclear' role.

Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...

RS's Jo Frew joined UK & EU peace orgs in London to call on UK & French gov'ts to end their collaboration on developing nuclear arsenals and to collaborate instead on real threats to human security such as climate change, wealth inequality and failing democracy. www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53608

🚨New on the Blog: Hyping ‘small modular reactors’ is all the rage. But with the tech still some 15 years from maturity, Ian Lowe argues that SMRs are an expensive & risky distraction from rapidly building safer, cleaner & cheaper renewable energy capacity. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/11/05/a...

There was no opportunity for outsiders to input to this year's National Security Strategy but the Joint Committee on the NSS currently has an inquiry into the NSS, which has recently published our evidence submission. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

🚨New on the Blog: What are the deep assumptions that the UK's 'national security' narrative feeds off? How can a counter-narrative harness other national values and stories to plot a course towards a more stable and peaceful world? Joanna Frew reports. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/21/c...

"Militaries have to be understood...as climate threats", accounting for more emissions than shipping and aviation combined. Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social on the latest episode of New Economics Podcast discussing how the UK became a global arms dealer. 🎧 neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-...

🚨New on the Blog: Larry Attree asked five key experts how peace and security was built in Northern Ireland, and what is now needed to sustain it in the face of unrest, social division and uncertainty over the future. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/16/r...

A fantastic opportunity for ant-nuclear activists to meet up and learn more about the movement to abolish WMD, in London on 01 November.

Don't miss our webinar tomorrow, 09.00: 'Rethinking Peace & Security Policy in Australia & the UK' Reps from RS and the Australian Peace and Security Forum will discuss how and why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/uk-australia/

🚨New on the Blog: After a series of violations of NATO airspace by Russian crewed & uncrewed aircraft in September, Ian Davis suggests 4 ways in which the alliance can deter Russia while reducing the risk of miscalculation & the dangers of escalation. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/14/c...

New Event - This Thursday, 9am. On 16 October we'll bring together reps from RS & the Australian Peace and Security Forum, to discuss how & why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS & dependence on the US. Info & Register: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/uk-australia/

The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states & individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Carne Ross assesses the UK government & its officials' complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/10/07/i...

Tonight at 6pm! Don't miss our Open Discussion on responding to the UK’s National Security Strategy. Register: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

🪖HAPPENING TOMORROW! Join @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social for an online discussion exploring the UK government’s National Security Strategy (NSS) and its focus on militarisation. Tickets + More info: https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

Register to join this conversation we'll be part of on Wednesday evening! ⬇️

🚨New Event: 'Rethinking Peace & Security Policy in Australia & the UK' On 16 October we'll bring together reps from RS & the Australian Peace and Security Forum, to discuss how & why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS.💂‍♂️🦘 rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/uk-australia/

In a joint opinion from international law experts, they warn that Britain is breaching the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) with the purchase of nuclear-capable fighter jets and US nuclear bombs in Britain.

We were delighted to join the debate on military spending at this year's Labour Party Conference. RS Coordinator Richard Reeve spoke on an Eleanor Crook Fdn panel on 'the future for aid & development in an era of defence and security', incl. @umakumaran.bsky.social & @tandhesi.bsky.social MPs.

In Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference next week? Don't miss our Coordinator Richard Reeve and a great panel of speakers at this Eleanor Crook Fdn event on: 'The Future of Aid & Development in an Era of Defence & Security' Mon 29 Sept, 12.30, Revolucion de Cuba, Albert Dock

Join @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social for a discussion exploring the UK government’s National Security Strategy & its focus on militarisation. An opportunity to share insights, challenge dominant narratives & develop constructive responses. Tickets: https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

Europe urgently needs to reimagine its role in the world & find a sustainable peace for Ukraine. Sicherheit neu Denken (German RS) has published a ‘Positive Peace Scenario for Europe’s Role in the World’. Ralf Becker explains the concept and its reception. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/09/23/p...

📢New event We see growing hostility & racism in our politics and streets, climate breakdown across the globe, and ongoing war & genocide. Competition & militarism are not the answer. Join our discussion on 08 October to share ideas for a counter-narrative. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

🚨TOMORROW: How does militarism drive the climate crisis, and why is it ignored in UN climate talks? SGR's Stuart Parkinson will join global experts making a feminist call for demilitarisation in the UN climate process. 📆 19th September, 2PM UTC Sign up now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🧪

Saferworld, alongside other organisations, has signed a joint letter responding to the UN Commission of Inquiry finding of #genocideinGaza and UK position on genocide. Read the full letter: https://bit.ly/4gqHNYc

80 years after WW2, the UK & Europe are rearming at breakneck pace, including with more US nuclear weapons. Kirsten Bayes reflects on the waning of arms controls & the rise of the politics of distraction and demonization, suggesting three crucial responses. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/06/d...

A UN inquiry has found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leaving the UK at risk of complicity through its arms sales, military support, and intelligence sharing. aoav.org.uk/2025/the-uk-...

An excellent report, which echoes, with comprehensive evidence, what CAAT and others such as @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social have said - more military spending and armaments are not the way to peace and security, and harm sustainable human and economic development. x.com/UN_Disarmame...

A useful and important summary of the UK's worsening complicity in genocide on the day that the Israeli prime minister is welcomed to Downing Street and Israeli arms manufacturers exhibit freely in London.

Essential reading on the dire implications for health of war, rearmament and runaway military spending. We're looking forward to discussing the same at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool later this month.

It's September! - the next best time to catch up with @saferworld.bsky.social August podcast, featuring our coordinator Richard Reeve & Director of @gaps-network.bsky.social Eva Tabbasam on the UK's dangerous direction of travel under recent National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review.

Reading well worth your while this weekend on the disingenuous and dangerous promotion of a 'defence dividend' from surging military spending in the UK.

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

🎙️New #Warpod Episode Alert! What kind of security future is the UK preparing for? We speak to @gaps-network.bsky.social & @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social about the UK’s new defence + security strategies — and what they might be missing. Listen now ▶️ bit.ly/45vtuwD #SecurityPolicy #Peacebuilding

If you missed it last month, don't miss the recording of the @mybisa.bsky.social session discussing the UK's new National Security Strategy, featuring @christinecheng.bsky.social, @joedevanny.bsky.social, Lewis Brooks, Paul Rogers, Claire Duncanson & Will Jessett. www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

"We remind the UK government that its own most urgent priorities should already be determined by its binding obligation “to prevent and to punish” genocide." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

"Let the signals we send be those of peace, and the knots we tie symbolise how our fates are bound inextricably together." Kirsten Bayes A beautifully written reflection via @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social that connects many dots. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/06/d...

🚨New! 80 years on from the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima, the UK & Europe are rearming at breakneck pace. Kirsten Bayes reflects on the waning of arms controls and rise of the politics of distraction and demonization, suggesting three crucial responses. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/06/d...

🚨New on the Blog: After 25 years of bipartisan commitment to Women Peace & Security, the UK gov't suddenly seems loath to mention or fund it. @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @jamiejhagen.bsky.social make the case for gender equality & inclusion in UK policy. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/04/2...

50 years ago today, the Helsinki Accords were signed by 35 states, incl. all NATO & Warsaw Pact members, ushering in a new rights-based security order in Europe. Sean Howard explores how Europe needs to revitalise the spirit of Helsinki now more than ever. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/07/30/o...

🚨New on the Blog: This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords, which created the CSCE/OSCE and shaped the European security architecture for the next four decades. Sean Howard argues Europe must urgently revitalise that spirit now. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/07/30/o...

'A call to “rethink security for a just peace” was made at last weekend’s annual National Justice and Peace Network conference [in Derbyshire] by the outreach coordinator of Rethinking Security.' www.thetablet.co.uk/news/call-to...

What don't we know about nuclear spending? And why is that a ✨huge✨ problem? For our Story Center, @nuclearban.bsky.social's Alicia Sanders-Zakre (@azakre.bsky.social) dives into ICAN's June report: "Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024." ⬇️ ploughshares.org/article/ican...

This week’s ruling by the ICJ says nations should take responsibility for emissions caused overseas by their investment decisions at home. UK Gov must now urgently halt its reckless plans for polluting fossil fuel based carbon capture—or risk breaching international law.

Two cargoes of US nuclear bombs have now reportedly landed at RAF Lakenheath, marking first time in 17 years that such US weapons have been based in the UK. Neither UK nor US gov't is saying anything. Parliament is out until September. All should read: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2023/10/10/w...

🚨New on the Blog: As part of our series ‘Stories of People- and Planet-centred Cooperation’, Tim Street tells the story of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs' successful work influencing arms control and reducing risks from nuclear weapons. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/07/22/p...

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