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U.S. Senate approves New START nuclear treaty
December 22, 2010
“The ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is a significant political victory for the global disarmament agenda and efforts...
Experts Call NATO Strategic Concept 'Missed Opportunity to Reduce Role of Obsolete Tactical Nukes from Europe'
November 19, 2010
U.S. and European nuclear arms control and security experts criticized NATO’s new “Strategic Concept” as a conservative, backward-looking...
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee sends nuclear weapons treaty to full Senate
September 16, 2010
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted to refer the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to the full Senate. If the treaty...
Time to reassess Trident options amid funding crisis: BASIC report
August 27, 2010
  It is time to reassess options for the replacement of the Trident nuclear missile submarines in the light of indications that the capital cost...
British last-minute contribution to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
May 26, 2010
The new British government’s announcement today of a total limit of 225 nuclear warheads is to be welcomed...
NATO 'Experts Group' misses an opportunity for leadership on nuclear posture
May 17, 2010
BASIC and Arms Control Association Press Release (London/Berlin/Washington, D.C./New York) – U.S. and European nuclear arms control and...
BASIC expert comment on critical nuclear weapons conference in New York from next week
April 27, 2010
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York will be attended by 189 countries and last from 3 to 28 May 2010.BASIC’s...
BASIC releases report on nuclear security ahead of Obama's summit
April 07, 2010
Obama’s nuclear security summit early next week presents a critical chance to tackle a web of challenges that concern us all, a new report for the...
Obama's Nuclear Posture Review is "unconvincing balancing act": BASIC Executive Director
April 06, 2010
The Obama Administration today published its Nuclear Posture Review, sold as an indication of the reduced...
BASIC welcomes Vice President's push for treaty banning all nuclear explosions
February 19, 2010
The British American Security Information Council welcomes the renewed US commitment to press for the long-...