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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting, elections in Iran and France

Paul Ingram, executive director, April 30, 2012

The first annual NPT Preparatory Committee in the 2015 round begins today. With a full work plan agreed in May 2010, delegates have a varied agenda, but it seems likely that Iran’s nuclear programme will form a shadow over discussions in Vienna.

Themes arising from the BASIC Workshop in Doha

Paul Ingram, executive director, Anne Penketh, program director, 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.

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-Free Zone, as a piece in the complex jigsaw of regional politics currently unfolding.

BASIC in Cairo - Preparing for the 2012 conference

January 31, 2012

The British American Security Information Council organized three events in Cairo from January 29th-30th, 2012 to exchange ideas on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and engage with the new Egyptian elite in preparation for the 2012 conference on a WMD free zone in the Middle East.

Israeli and Iranian officials to attend European WMD meeting

The Guardian, July 05, 2011

Writing about the EU conference on a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East, Julian Borger in his Global Security Blog for The Guardian refers to BASIC’s Washington Program Director Anne Pe

Multilateralizing Nuclear Disarmament

Paul Ingram, executive director, June 27, 2011

Top level officials from the five recognised NPT nuclear weapon states – United States, Russia, China, UK and France – meet on Thursday and Friday in Paris this week.

Paul Ingram reports from Tehran

Paul Ingram, executive director, June 13, 2011

I’m in Tehran for BASIC in the middle of the second annual two day international conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation laid on by IPIS, the Foreign Ministry’s think tank.

Anniversary of Obama's Prague speech

Chris Lindborg, analyst, April 04, 2011

Two years ago this Tuesday, President Barack Obama vowed in his Prague speech to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world and to strengthen international security by striving for a world without nuclear weapons. Since then, President Obama has proceeded with a flurry of nuclear weapons policy-related activities

Getting to Zero Update

March 23, 2011

Russia and the United States have begun the exchange of information on their nuclear arsenals under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) as they assess next steps on arms control and also try to resolve their differences over missile defense. The Iranian and North Korean nuclear situations showed no signs of resolution, and instead pointed to more difficulties ahead.

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