BASIC collaborates closely with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Security and Non-Proliferation. The purpose of the APPG is to encourage discussion and debate, on the basis of expert information and opinion from across the political spectrum, on matters relating to global security and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – whether nuclear, chemical or biological. Its clerk, Lorna Richardson, is formally a BASIC employee but is seconded wholly to work with the APPG.
Selection of 2015 Global Security and Non-Proliferation APPG Meetings:
2015
- 15th July 2015
"The negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme: the state of play" with Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, IISS.
- 13th July 2015
"Outcomes of the NPT’s 2015 Review Conference: a briefing by the FCO"with Peter Jones, Director, Defence and International Security, FCO.
- 17th June 2015
"The devil is in the detail: what should a deal with Iran look like?" with Dr Bruno Tertrais, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris, and Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director, European Leadership Network.
- 18th March 2015
"Prospects for negotiations on a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East", with Under-Secretary Jaakko Laajava - Facilitator for the Middle East WMD Free Zone.
- 17th March 2015
"The Nuclear State of Play: 2015 and beyond", with Professor Ramesh Thakur, Australia National University; Dr Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House.
- 3rd March 2015
"FCO briefing on the outcomes of the London P5 Conference", with Peter Jones - Director, Defence and International Security, FCO
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