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Published in: openSecurityUK nuclear weapons: a source of insecurity?The UK doggedly maintains an ‘independent nuclear deterrent’ but a naval officer has blown the whistle on the...
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Published in: openSecurityMultilateral nuclear disarmament: it would be a nice idea
The conventional wisdom among nuclear-weapons powers is that their arsenals can only be dismantled multilaterally,...
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Published in: openSecurityA Gulf in understandingThe outline Iran nuclear deal has highlighted divisions in the region—not just between majority Shia and Sunni...
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Published in: openSecurityA responsible nuclear-armed state?
It may sound like an oxymoron but we need a new global conversation which engages all nuclear-armed states en route...
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Published in: openSecurityTrident: weak defence
The Conservative-led government of austerity Britain is facing the sacrifice of its sacred cow of high military...
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Published in: openSecurityMultilateralism: is the end in sight?
The P5 process was a British attempt to spark multilateral nuclear disarmament. It should no longer be accepted as...
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Published in: openSecurityWill America's political discord torpedo the Iran talks?
Continued Republican efforts to force further sanctions on Iran threaten the fragile coalition making progress on...
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Published in: openSecurityComplacency is slowly killing the non-proliferation regime
Fatalism over the chances of achieving agreement on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is symptomatic of a...
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Published in: openSecurityWhy does Britain need to feel special?
The world is getting restless with some states' attachment to nuclear weapons. So why is Britain going out of its...
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Published in: openSecurityCan NATO be saved from strategic obscurity?
Despite a renewed sense of purpose with a change in leadership and the crisis in Ukraine, the alliance continues to...
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Published in: openSecurityTrident: a liability the UK can ill afford to keep
If Scotland votes yes for independence this week, the chances of the UK having to disarm its nuclear arsenal rise...
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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 expectations
What 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...
