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NATO's DDPR: What to Expect and What Needs to Be Done After Chicago
May 16, 2012

NOTE: This post follows up on the front page article published in Arms Control Today, May 2, 2012

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This Week: Shadow NATO Summit
May 14, 2012

On May 14-15, BASIC joins the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NATO Watch, and Strategy International at the Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC for a Shadow NATO Summit. Experts and senior officials will grapple with the tough issues facing the Alliance ahead of next week’s summit in Chicago.

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LATEST UPDATES

Getting to Zero Update
February 02, 2012

BASIC recently wrapped up a series of events in Cairo, including a joint press workshop with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and an off-the-record seminar on the politics of regional nuclear proliferation.  BASIC staff met with senior officials and former officials to discuss the status of the 2012 conference on a WMD...

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Iran Update: Number 158
April 30, 2012

  • Verdict on first round of talks between P5+1 and Iran broadly positive; second round confirmed
  • Countries forced to ‘substantially’ cut down oil imports from Iran to avoid U.S. sanctions; Obama orders technology sanctions against Iran
  • Arrests made in connection to assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Nuclear Dilemmas Remaining after Chicago
May 13, 2012

This paper by a former arms control advisor to the U.S. Mission to NATO explains how the Alliance’s recent strategic review has not resolved a number of serious differences among member states, and calls on the alliance to search for alternative arrangements to the current deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. 

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NATO’s Deterrence and Defence Posture Review and the Future of Nuclear Weapons
May 07, 2012

This report is a synthesis of an expert roundtable discussion held in Paris on the Alliance’s approach to nuclear arms control. 

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Themes arising from the BASIC Workshop in Doha
April 26, 2012

About 50 participants - representatives of Gulf states and experts from the region, and U.S. and European experts and officials, exchanged views on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the Gulf during a conference on March 21st and 22nd. The workshop highlighted a number of themes, including: justice and rights, disarmament, universality and the health of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Iran.

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