Media Center

BASIC in the media

BASIC’s council, experts and secretariat regularly write technical, law-based and opinion pieces for the press.

April 30, 2013

BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram was quoted extensively in this article on Egypt’s decision to walk out of the NPT Preparatory Committee meeting happening in Geneva.

April 12, 2013

BASIC Executive Director, Paul Ingram, was interviewed by Press TV after British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote a piece for the Telegraph, acknowledging his support of Trident and highlighting

April 04, 2013

Richard Norton-Taylor writes about changing assumptions about nuclear deterrence and nuclear possession.

January 25, 2013

Former BASIC board member Brian Eno was featured on the Tom Robinson show on BBC Radio 6, discussing his career, involvement with BASIC, and interest in reducing nuclear dangers.

January 24, 2013

Alex Stevensen from Politics.co.uk interviewed Paul Ingram in this article about the most important challenges facing newly inaugurated Barack Obama in his second term.

October 12, 2012

Paul Ingram, BASIC’s executive director, authored an article for OpenDemocracy on the tensions between Iran and the West, and the options for deescalating the threats of war.

October 10, 2012

The International Security Network (ISN) published an article by BASIC’s program support officer, Rachel Staley, on the possibility and desirability of nuclear abolition.

October 09, 2012

BASIC’s executive director, Paul Ingram, was interviewd for ‘nonproliferation.eu’, the monthly newsletter from the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.

October 08, 2012

BASIC is pleased to announce that Rebecca Cousins, former British diplomat, will be leading BASIC’s Washington team as Program Director, working with policy-shapers of diverse perspectives to achieve greater consensus on realistic measures that strengthen nuclear non-proliferation and secure moves towards global nuclear disarmament.