Paul Ingram has been executive director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) since 2007. BASIC works in the US, the UK, Europe and the middle east to promote global nuclear disarmament and a transformation in strategic relationships using a dialogue approach. Paul was also until recently a talk show host on state Iranian TV promoting alternative perspectives on strategic matters, and taught British senior civil servants leadership skills. Previously Paul was co-leader of Oxford City Council (2000-02) and a member of the Stop the War Coalition Steering Group (2002-06).
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Published in: openSecurityWould Scotland's nationalists disarm Trident?The renewal of the “independent British nuclear deterrent” has met remarkably little debate in the UK. Except in...
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Published in: openSecurityIran: beyond concessions and expectationsWhat will it take for negotiating parties to reach a lasting deal over Iran's nuclear programme–and what does it...
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Published in: openSecurityThe case for complexity
As violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow nuclear talks between the US and Iran, we must avoid the tendency to...
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Published in: openSecurityNATO: slipping into confrontation
Russia's moves into Crimea have sparked almost reflexive predictions of a new cold war. But NATO members once again...
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Published in: openSecurityIs UK disarmament quite so irrelevant?
The belief that unilateral reductions in the UK’s nuclear-weapons arsenal would have no beneficial international...
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Published in: openSecurityHow do we change the global nuclear order?
The Non-proliferation Treaty has survived for nearly half a century but it has not fostered nuclear disarmament—and...