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BASIC Notes are short analyses of topical issues, circulated quickly to media, NGOs and officials working on the issue.

• Updated NIE Implies Constructive Pragmatism in Tehran, by Shervin Boloorian, BASIC Notes, 7 December 2007.
  
  
• Nuclear Terrorism: A U.S. Perspective, by Steve Monblatt, BASIC Notes, 25 April 2007. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN070425.pdf
  
  
• The Newest Anti-Satellite Contender: China's ASAT Test, by David Isenberg, BASIC Notes, 16 March 2007. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN070316.pdf
  
  
• The UK Trident Vote Explained, by Dr Ian Davis, BASIC Notes, 15 March 2007. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN070315.pdf
  
  
• Resolving the nuclear dispute with Iran by negotiation by Keith Putnam-Delaney and Paul Ingram, BASIC Notes, 1 September 2006. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN060901.pdf.
  
  
• The Proliferation Security Initiative: Three Years On, by Richard Bond, BASIC Notes, 2 August 2006. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN060802.pdf
  
  
• Nuclear Deterrence: a tried and tested defence strategy or an elaborate belief system masquerading as scientific theory? Tony Blair has turned a potential six year opportunity to discuss whether or not to replace the Trident nuclear weapon system into a six month rubber-stamping exercise glazed with a veneer of parliamentary accountability without a hint of the promised open debate... Some legacy, says Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC Notes, 20 July 2006.
  
  
• New Proposal to Iran: Will It Be Enough to Defuse the Nuclear Crisis? by Ian Davis and Paul Ingram, BASIC Notes, 9 June 2006. On June 6 Iran was presented with a revised package of incentives to persuade it to curb its uranium enrichment programme... This Note is a preliminary analysis of this draft P5+1 proposal. Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/
  Notes/BN060609.pdf.
  
  
• UK political developments and likely impact on US relations, by Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC Notes, 19 May 2006. The British Prime Minister's domestic popularity appears to be in terminal decline. There is growing public dissatisfaction with many of Tony Blair's policies and increasing demands from within the Labour Party that he set a firm date for relinquishing the leadership... Also available as a pdf file at: http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Notes/BN060519.pdf.
  
  
• Raising the stakes: Iran's resumption of nuclear activities, by Andreas Persbo, BASIC Notes, 20 September 2005.
  
  
• Private Military Companies: Options for Regulating Private Military Services in the United Kingdom, BASIC Notes, 7 September 2005.
  
  
• Preliminary analysis of E3/EU proposal to Iran by Paul Ingram, BASIC Notes, 11 August 2005
  
  
• After the London suicide bombings: Facing difficult choices on home-grown terrorism by Andrew Cottey and Ian Davis, BASIC Notes, 15 July 2005
  
  
• EU3 negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran: Not out of the woods yet and time is short, very short BASIC Notes, July 2005
  
  
• Investing in Prevention: Comment on the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report of February 2005, by Paul Ingram, BASIC Notes, 17 April 2005
  
  
• The Missile Defence Debate Gap in Britain: As Wide As Ever in 2004, by Leyla Kattan and Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC Notes, 24 February 2005
  
  
• The IAEA and Iran: Crisis averted - for the time being, by Dave Andrews and Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC Notes, 23 November 2004
  
  
• The U.S. Global Posture Review: Reshaping America's Global Military Footprint, by David Isenberg, BASIC Notes, 19 November 2004
  
  
• The Proliferation Security Initiative: Towards a New Anti-Proliferation Consensus? by Fabrice Pothier, BASIC Notes, 18 November 2004
  
  
• US Congressional Report Shows US and UK Dominate Arms Deliveries to the Developing World, BASIC Notes, 17 September 2004
  
  
• The IAEA and Iran - Iran's check-mate prematurely called, BASIC Notes, 10 September 2004
  
  
• The IAEA and Iran - Once More to the Brink?, BASIC Notes, 12 June 2004
  
  
• The IAEA and Iran: No smoking guns so far but the smell of gunpowder lingering in the air, BASIC Notes, 5 March 2004
  
  
• Electronic Surveillance of Foreign Diplomatic Missions: A question of law and morality, BASIC Notes 27 February 2004
  
  
• European Common Foreign and Security Policy and NATO: Can they Co-exist?, BASIC Notes 25 June 2003
  
  
• Pressure for enhanced IAEA inspections grows: Update on Response to Iran's Nuclear Programme, BASIC Note, 19 June 2003
  
  
• US Foreign Policy: From Baghdad to Tehran - US fears of nuclear proliferation may lead to anticipatory defence measures against Iran, BASIC Note 16 June 2003
  
  
• NATO's Angry Sponsors: The View From Capitol Hill BASIC Note and 3rd Installment of NATO E-mail Series, 13 June 2003
  
  
• Is NATO Coming Under Pressure to Change Its Nuclear Policy?, NATO, Foreign Ministers meeting in Madrid 3-4 June 2003. BASIC Note, 2 June 2003
  
  
• Putting Some Sparkle Into The Evian G-8 Summit: Cooperative Threat Reduction BASIC Note, 2 June 2003
  
  
• Senate Hearings on NATO Expansion: Key Issues of Concern BASIC Note, 28 April 2003
  
  
• The Crisis in North Korea BASIC Note, 23 April 2003.
  
  
• Smallpox Bioterrorism Unlikely BASIC Note, 25 March 2003
  
  
• "Dirty Nukes": The Threat and the Response BASIC Note, 12 March 2003
  

• Is Time for a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Europe? BASIC Note, 27 February 2003
  
  
• Official UK position on Missile Defence Basic Note, 7 February 2003
  
  
• Rapid Reaction Forces: More Questions Than Answers BASIC Note, 25 January 2003
  
  
• Test Ban AWOL from Washington's WMD Strategy BASIC Note, 24 January 2003
  
  
• North Korean Nuclear Weapons Programme and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Reactions and Prospects for Regime Adaptation Basic Note, 11 December 2002
  
  
• Low Key Launch of Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation BASIC Note, 3 December 2002
  
  
• The EU and the OSCE in the War on Terrorism BASIC Note, 5 September 2002
  
  
• International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation BASIC Note, 18 July 2002
  
  
• Comparison of U.S.-Russia Nuclear Reduction Treaties BASIC Note, 8 July 2002
  
  
• Bush-Putin Summit Fails to Bury the Cold War by Ken Luongo and Ian Davis, BASIC Note, 22 May 2002
  
  
• A Question of Intent: Missile Defense and the Weaponization of Space by David Grahame, BASIC Note, 1 May 2002
  
  
• What Can the UN Do to Combat Biological Weapons? by Michael Crowley, BASIC Note, 1 May 2002
  
  
• Is the United States Living Up to Its Disarmament Commitments?,
  BASIC Note, 2 April 2002
  
  
• A Multilateral Approach to Ballistic Missiles? BASIC Note, 2 April 2002
  
  
• PrepCom 2002: Avoiding More Missed Steps BASIC Note, 7 March 2002
  
  
• British Nuclear Policy and the NPT: Room For Improvement BASIC Note, 18 March 2002
  
  
• The Trials and Tribulations of SBIRS-Low BASIC Note, 31 January 2001
  
  
• The 'Old Cold War Dog' and the War Against Terrorism: Continuing NATO's Shift Toward Collective Security? BASIC Note, 19 November 2001
  
  
• Straw Warms to Missile Defence BASIC Note, 20 August 2001
  
  
• Britain's Elections: Time for Change? BASIC Note, 28 June 2001
  
  
• Paragraph 32 Process: Final Analysis BASIC Note, 11 January 2001
  
  
• NATO's Nuclear Agenda: Recommendations for Action BASIC Note, 6 September 2000
  
  
• Pushing the Wedge: NMD and U.S. Alliances BASIC Note, 29 August 2000
  
  
• Stabilizing South Eastern Europe: When Actions Must Follow Words
  BASIC Note, 12 July 2000
  
  
• Criticism of NATO Nuclear Policy Reaches US Senate
  Opposition to Nuclear Sharing Leads to Proposed Senate Amendment on NATO Expansion. BASIC Note, May 1998
  
  
• NATO Expansion and the Excluded Countries: A New Division of Europe This note how NATO expansion will affect those countries the Alliance decides not to invite to join. BASIC Note, July 1997
  
  
• Military Buildup in Central and Eastern Europe: NATO Membership for Sale This note explains how pressure is being applied to potential new NATO members to buy arms from Western countries. BASIC Note, July 1997
  
  
• Removing the Nuclear Hair-trigger: A Priority for the NATO-Russia Joint Council
  The note decribes recent developments in reducing the alert status of nuclear weapons, and suggests that this topic could be usefully addressed by the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council. BASIC Note, June 1997
  
  
• What Outcome for the NPT PrepCom?
  This note calls for a productive and meaningful PrepCom and suggests ways for it to conclude with substantive results. BASIC Note, March 1997
  
  
• An Agenda for START III
  This note calls for US President Clinton and Russian President Yeltsin to begin talks for a START III, setting out obtainable objectives and the means to reach them. BASIC Note, 17 March 1997
  
  
• Extending the Nuclear Umbrella: Undermining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
  Written by BASIC and the Berlin Information-centre for Transatlantic Security (BITS), this note addresses how NATO expansion and its current nuclear posture, along with France's proposal for a Europeanised Nuclear Deterrent and a "Eurobomb" contradict Articles I and II of the NPT. These Articles state that nuclear states shall not transfer nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states and non-nuclear-states will not receive such weapons. BASIC-BITS Research Note, February 1997
  
  
• Complete the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Pressures for a Resumption of Testing This note presents viewpoints from the U.S., Russia, and the United Kingdom on a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. BASIC Note, 5 September 1996
  
  
• Impasse at Test Ban Talks? Ideas for Achieving Agreement This note describes various ideas to break the apparent impasse at the negotiations on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. BASIC Note, 9 August 1996
  
  
• NATO Arms Exports to Turkey and Greece Inconsistencies Revealed
  This note illustrates the discrepancies between the amount of imports/exports declared by Greece and Turkey and their suppliers.
  BASIC Note, 25 July 1995
  
  
• Outstanding Issues in the NPT Review
  A synopsis of issues still to be agreed in the final week of the review of Treaty implementation over the past five years. BASIC Note, 8 May 1995
  
  
• British Conservatives Support Nuclear Disarmament
  Reporting of the support by Conservatives for the European Parliament Resolution on the NPT which called inter alia for a timetable for disarmament. BASIC Note, 5 May 1995
  
  
• Britain's Nuclear Status Upheld by NPT: A Report on Douglas Hurd's Evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee BASIC Note, March 1995