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Playwright and Actor Michael Mears discusses his play, The Mistake - about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - in a wide ranging interview with BASIC: basicint.org/playwright-a...
Playwright And Actor Michael Mears On His Latest Hiroshima Play, The Mistake - BASIC
The Mistake, an award-winning play by Michael Mears about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the events leading up to its development, toured four US states
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Our team is honored to have received a $500k grant to analyze the capabilities of emerging and disruptive technologies to track and trail mobile nuclear launch platforms, with our friends at @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and @basicint.bsky.social

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November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Carnegie Corporation of New York grant funds research in partnership with BASIC and the Federation of American Scientists on the destabilizing impacts of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies on mobile nuclear launch platforms.

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FAS Receives $500k Grant On Emerging Disruptive Technologies and Mobile Nuclear Launch Systems - Federation of American Scientists
FAS has received a $500,000 grant to analyze the capabilities of emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) to track and trail mobile nuclear launch platforms—particularly land-based mobile missile f...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
BASIC joined The Elders and the European Leadership Network at the House of Lords on Monday night to discuss nuclear diplomacy in an age of escalation. Read about it here: basicint.org/elders-warn-...
Elders Warn The World May Be Sleepwalking Towards Nuclear Disaster - BASIC
The beautifully decorated Moses Room in the UK’s House of Lords – complete with a huge portrait of the prophet displaying the tablets of the law – was perhaps
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October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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BASIC's Executive Director Sebastian Brixey-Williams gave an extensive interview to Killian Faith-Kelly of #GQ Magazine about the recent Hollywood blockbuster, #AHouseofDynamite.
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Our anxious A House of Dynamite questions, answered by a nuclear weapons expert
Are we all gonna die? Read on to find out!
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October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan, Ruhee Neog,
BASIC Non-Resident Fellow, says that control of the information narrative has become of paramount importance.
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A Live-Streamed Crisis: Technology And The Erosion Of Information Control In The 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis - BASIC
In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan, Ruhee Neog, BASIC Non-Resident Fellow and Director of the
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October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One lesson to be learned from the @iaeaorg.bsky.social
General Conference in Vienna," says BASIC Senior Policy Fellow Dr Manuel Herrera , "is that despite the world situation, nuclear science and technology continues to promote better understanding between countries and people."
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Deepening BASIC's interest in the critical nuclear-space nexus, Policy Intern Ching Wei Sooi and co-organiser Nicolas Ayala Arboleda will soon be moderating a series of webinars on the Golden Dome - America's new space-based missile defence initiative.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
BASIC Policy Fellow Mhairi McClafferty recently took part in a discussion on the future of nuclear non-proliferation hosted by the UK Project on Nuclear Issues at @rusi.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BASIC's Senior Policy Fellow Manuel Herrera was recently interviewed on Spanish-speaking Radio Intereconomía about China's victory parade and the implications of its spectacular nuclear arsenal display: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifw9...
Armas chinas de última generación | Un arsenal futurista que reta a la hegemonía estadounidense
YouTube video by Intereconomía
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September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
BASIC’s latest publication in conjunction with its Emerging Voices Network offers a compelling insight by early career experts as to how it’s possible to achieve a world without nuclear weapons: basicint.org/de-siloing-e...
De-siloing Existential Threats III: Future Pathways To A World Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Report - BASIC
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September 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In the latest analysis on our website, Iranian and Israeli peace activists Emad Kiyaei and Sharon Dolev argue that dialogue and diplomacy are the most effective ways of sorting out the dispute between their two countries: basicint.org/after-the-is...
After The Israel-Iran War, Diplomacy Is The Only Way Forward - BASIC
Iranian and Israeli peace activists argue that  dialogue is the most effective way of sorting out the dispute between the two countries.  The views expressed
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September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BASIC Policy Fellows Anahita Parsa and Lyndon Burford contributed to the UN Secretary General's report on resolution 79/241 "Comprehensive study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all its aspects". The submissions are now public and available here:
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General Assembly First Committee -Eightieth session (2025) | United Nations
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August 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Odessa files: Senior Policy Fellow Dr Manuel Herrera recently travelled to Odessa, a city that thrives despite the bombings: basicint.org/the-odessa-f...
The Odessa Files: Ukrainian City Is Bombed But Not Beaten Despite Russian Attacks - BASIC
Senior Policy Fellow and Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme Manager Dr Manuel Herrera recently travelled to Odessa, Ukraine, to serve as a speaker at
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August 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Young people from BASIC's Emerging Voices Network reflect om the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings: youtu.be/avx-gy4dDYI
The EVN marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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August 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is pleased to be joining the ranks of foreign affairs and international security organisations and thinkers on BlueSky. Please give us a follow on @BASIC_int, and share this post widely with interested colleagues and friends!
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Meaningful international dialogue on nuclear disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
BASIC Senior Policy Fellow Manuel Herrera is interviewed by El País on the Israel-Iran conflict: 4 bombas antibúnker GBU-57 para golpear tres instalaciones nucleares esenciales: así ha sido el ataque de EEUU a Irán | Vídeos | EL PAÍS
June 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM