Rebecca Cousins is Program Director for BASIC in Washington D.C., before which she was a career diplomat with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She was recently awarded an MBE for her role in the UK's consular in-country response to the 2011 Japan earthquake and subsequent Fukushima nuclear incident.
Rebecca's column on openSecurity explores perspectives on nuclear weapons policy and disarmament.
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Published in: openSecuritySyria: lessons for the nuclear debateThe use of chemical weapons in Damascus should, at the very least, give us pause to reflect on the principles...
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Published in: openSecurityRaising our sights in Syria
Neither ending the bloodshed nor preventing the further use of weapons of mass destruction in Syria is served by...
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Published in: openSecurityLooking beyond the US-Russia stalemate
The cancellation of Obama's September meeting with Putin has led some observers to predict doom for the arms control...
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Published in: openSecurityFighting a prevailing Cold War mentality
Next week is the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Climbing down the nuclear ladder...
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Published in: openSecurityThe British Trident debate: an opportunity for progress?
The nuclear weapons debate in the UK has been steadily diversifying and maturing, but thus far has remained an...