Section: British American Security Information Council (UK)
Struggling to Signal: Trump’s Dilemma with Arms Control Diplomacy: 18th April 2017
Maxwell Downman, Research Intern Capitol Washington Dispatches.jpeg Some believe the world is a safer place with Trump in the White House. In a recent RUSI brief, Dr Peter Roberts offered the view that Trump’s unpredictability, shown most recently by his Tomahawk cruise missile attack on Syria’s air base, ‘might cause many states to...
NATO’s 2016 Warsaw Summit: symbolism of a mature alliance?
NATO_Summit_Image.jpg Anna Sliwon, EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Researcher When NATO heads of state and government enter the halls of the National Stadium in Warsaw for their Summit meeting on Friday, July 8th they will do so with mixed anxieties. They will review the successful implementation of their 2014 Wales Summit commitments, in...
The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit returns to Washington
25-03-2014_Fotografia_Oficial_da_Cúpula_de_Segurança_Nuclear_2014_(13475341143) (1).jpg Rachel Staley Grant, Programmes and Operations Manager In his 2009 speech in Prague, President Obama described the threat of terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons as the “most immediate and extreme threat to global security”. Setting the bar high, he also...
From Munich to Warsaw: NATO rethinks deterrence
Alberto Perez Vadillo, EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Researcher Munich_Security_Conference.jpg The Munich Security Conference is possibly the biggest annual event in the calendar for global elites talking strategic security and stability. This year’s shindig confirmed that the myriad of challenges facing the world is as complex as ever....
