🎤 In episode five of NukeChat, Dr @megandee.bsky.social and Ingrid Kirsten (VCDNP) explore the nuclear responsibilities associated with the peaceful uses of #nuclearenergy. (1/3) basicint.org/nukechat-epi...

🌏 ICYMI: Last week, we released a video of the young researchers who worked on the "Assembling Peace Through Dialogue" project where they share their experiences of the project, #Nagasaki, and working together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKtw... (1/3)

BASIC Senior Non-Resident Fellow Professor Nicholas Wheeler has published an article on the Iran ceasefire in the @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/iran-ceasefi...

🌎Ahead of the 2026 NPT Review Conference (#RevCon), we’re happy to share a new report titled “A Zone of Potential Agreement? Transparency and Accountability and the 2026 NPT Review Conference”. (1/4) basicint.org/report-a-zon...

🎤 In the fourth episode of the NukeChat podcast, Dr Megan Dee / @megandee.bsky.social and Dr Toby Dalton / @carnegieendowment.org explore nuclear responsibilities as they relate to nuclear non-proliferation (1/3) basicint.org/nukechat-epi...

🌏Today, we are pleased to publish a new report by BASIC Policy Fellow Mhairi McClafferty: "Unpacking the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis: Mutual Perceptions, Nuclear Escalation Risks, and De-escalation Pathways". basicint.org/unpacking-th... (1/4)

🎤 In the third episode of the NukeChat podcast, Dr Megan Dee / @megandee.bsky.social discusses the interplay between nuclear responsibilities and nuclear disarmament with Maria Antonieta Jaquez / @tjaquezh.bsky.social. (1/2) basicint.org/nukechat-epi...

Nuclear for Good has taken a significant step forward with its first Advisory Board meeting. The Board brings together leading voices across the nuclear field — spanning governance, law, science and technology, and industry — as well as climate philanthropy and innovation. (1/7)

🎤 NukeChat Episode 2 is here! In this second episode, Dr Megan Dee / @megandee.bsky.social and Dr Ben Zala consider how nuclear responsibilities have evolved over the first (starting in 1945) and second nuclear ages. buff.ly/eGxQhrG

💥 Last chance to apply! 📋Project Manager, Policy Fellow Deadline: 20 March 2026 We are looking for someone to lead the Responsibilities and Global Governance (RGG) Programme's South Asia portfolio work under Programme Manager Dr Chiara Cervasio. (1/4) basicint.org/vacancy-proj...

🚨 Pleased to see the release of episode 1 of #NukeChat, the new podcast series with BASIC. Join me and Alice Spilman as we talk all things #nuclear responsibilities ahead of #2026NPTRevCon👇🏻🎧 Stay tuned for more #NukeChat landing next week!

🎤 Six weeks away from the start of the NPT Review Conference (RevCon), we are happy to announce the launch of the NukeChat podcast! (1/4) basicint.org/nukechat-epi...

🌏 After eight months of hard work, we are pleased to announce the publication of the “Assembling Peace Through Dialogue” report! (1/5) basicint.org/report-assem...

In the latest Emerging Voices Network Masterclass, John Mecklin / @meckdevil.bsky.social, editor-in-chief at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists / @thebulletin.org, presented on how to research, pitch, and write compelling stories in the nuclear journalism field: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJm0...

ICYMI: With the UN at a crossroads, now is the time to make collaboration front and centre of reform, so that the interconnected crises facing women get the attention they deserve, says Dr Lisa Vickers in new editorial opinion for BASIC: basicint.org/cross-sector...

From climate change to conflict, women and girls face interconnected crises, but those responding to them barely connect. (1/2)

Spain has published its National Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction for the first time, marking a milestone as the first non-nuclear state in the Atlantic Alliance to adopt a document of this kind: (1/4)

We are pleased to announce that the #NuclearResponsibilities (NR) Programme is changing its name to become the Responsibilities and Global Governance (RGG) Programme. (1/5)

💥 BASIC is hiring! 📋Project Manager, Policy Fellow Deadline: 20 March 2026 We are looking for a Project Manager to lead the Responsibilities and Global Governance (RGG) Programme's South Asia portfolio work under Programme Manager Chiara Cervasio. (1/4)

BASIC’s #NuclearResponsibilities Programme recently hosted two dialogues in Bahrain entitled "Abstract Nuclear Crisis Scenario Exercise and Crisis Management and De-escalation in South Asia".

In this latest piece for our website, BASIC Policy Intern Ching Wei Sooi shares reflections from his work on the impact of the Golden Dome on nuclear strategic stability. (1/3) basicint.org/the-u-s-gold...

New START, the last arms control treaty between Russia and the US expired last week. Dr. Manuel Herrera, Senior Policy Fellow at BASIC, argues that the international community urgently needs to work towards facilitating dialogue across divides to reduce nuclear risks: basicint.org/new-start-ex...

BASIC Policy Fellow and Nuclear Transparency Inventory (NUTRI) Project Manager, Dr Lyndon Burford, interviewed about the New START Treaty by @/news.sky.com’s Dominic Waghorn last night: x.com/SkyNews/stat...

Watch BASIC Policy Fellow and Nuclear Transparency Inventory (NUTRI) Project Manager, Dr Lyndon Burford’s interview on the New START Treaty on @news.sky.com's The World segment tonight at 9:30 PM GMT: news.sky.com/watch-live.

BASIC Senior Non-Resident Professor Nicholas Wheeler quoted in the @theipaper.com on Iran: inews.co.uk/news/world/i...

How far has the global commitment to nuclear disarmament come? (1/4)

💥 BASIC is recruiting for two exciting roles across our Policy and Operational Teams. 👇 (1/4)

We are pleased to announce a new Nuclear Responsibilities Programme project on the responsible military use of AI, funded by the Department of National Defence, Canada, through the MINDS Targeted Engagement Program: basicint.org/announcement...

In the latest Emerging Voices Network Masterclass, Policy Fellow Dr Lyndon Burford discussed the new research project he leads – the Nuclear Transparency Inventory (NUTRI). You can watch the full Masteclass on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5ZP...

Following the launch of our "Adventures in Risk Reduction: Oral History Project" with @stanleycenter.org last month, Bruno Martini reflects on his experience of the first project workshop and the suitability of oral history methodology for #riskreduction: basicint.org/oral-history...

On 26 November, BASIC's #RiskReduction Programme hosted the final conference for its project "Turning Point: Realising a Sustainable Security Architecture for Europe" in Vienna, Austria. (1/4)

In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan, Syed Ali Zia Jaffery ( @alizia1992.bsky.social ) says that India’s post-May signalling has centred a willingness to exercise force that invites “uncontrollable escalation“. basicint.org/indias-post-...

In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan, Brigadier Syed Imran-ul-Hassan says that applying doctrines of limited war and escalation dominance during crises hinders the pursuit of regional stability. buff.ly/Tfr99eh

(1/4) 🗞️BASIC’s #NuclearResponsibilities Programme has released a special issue of the #NuclearResponsibilities Quarterly newsletter, focusing on reflections on the India-Pakistan 2025 crisis. Read it here ➡️https://mailchi.mp/basicint.org/nuclear-responsibilities-quarterly-october-2025

In a new report published on our website, Dr Megan Dee from the @stir.ac.uk Centre for Policy, Conflict and Cooperation Research (CPCCR) presents a framework for implementing a #NuclearResponsibilities approach to NPT. Read it here: basicint.org/nuclear-resp...

Last month, we hosted a workshop to launch our "Adventures in Risk Reduction: Oral History Project" with @stanleycenter.org. Read more about it, as well as the larger #riskreduction project, from our Emerging Voices Netwrok intern Chiara Fargnoli here: basicint.org/basic-and-st...

Playwright and Actor Michael Mears discusses his play, The Mistake - about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - in a wide ranging interview with BASIC: basicint.org/playwright-a...

Our team is honored to have received a $500k grant to analyze the capabilities of emerging and disruptive technologies to track and trail mobile nuclear launch platforms, with our friends at @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and @basicint.bsky.social Learn more ⤵️ fas.org/publication/...

The Carnegie Corporation of New York grant funds research in partnership with BASIC and the Federation of American Scientists on the destabilizing impacts of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies on mobile nuclear launch platforms. fas.org/publication/...

BASIC joined The Elders and the European Leadership Network at the House of Lords on Monday night to discuss nuclear diplomacy in an age of escalation. Read about it here: basicint.org/elders-warn-...

BASIC BASIC's Executive Director Sebastian Brixey-Williams gave an extensive interview to Killian Faith-Kelly of #GQ Magazine about the recent Hollywood blockbuster, #AHouseofDynamite. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/our-...

In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan, Ruhee Neog, BASIC Non-Resident Fellow, says that control of the information narrative has become of paramount importance. basicint.org/a-live-strea...

One lesson to be learned from the @iaeaorg.bsky.social General Conference in Vienna," says BASIC Senior Policy Fellow Dr Manuel Herrera , "is that despite the world situation, nuclear science and technology continues to promote better understanding between countries and people."

Deepening BASIC's interest in the critical nuclear-space nexus, Policy Intern Ching Wei Sooi and co-organiser Nicolas Ayala Arboleda will soon be moderating a series of webinars on the Golden Dome - America's new space-based missile defence initiative. lnkd.in/eZsmMgVc

BASIC Policy Fellow Mhairi McClafferty recently took part in a discussion on the future of nuclear non-proliferation hosted by the UK Project on Nuclear Issues at @rusi.bsky.social

BASIC's Senior Policy Fellow Manuel Herrera was recently interviewed on Spanish-speaking Radio Intereconomía about China's victory parade and the implications of its spectacular nuclear arsenal display: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifw9...

BASIC’s latest publication in conjunction with its Emerging Voices Network offers a compelling insight by early career experts as to how it’s possible to achieve a world without nuclear weapons: basicint.org/de-siloing-e...

In the latest analysis on our website, Iranian and Israeli peace activists Emad Kiyaei and Sharon Dolev argue that dialogue and diplomacy are the most effective ways of sorting out the dispute between their two countries: basicint.org/after-the-is...

BASIC Policy Fellows Anahita Parsa and Lyndon Burford contributed to the UN Secretary General's report on resolution 79/241 "Comprehensive study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all its aspects". The submissions are now public and available here: meetings.unoda.org/ga-c1/genera...