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NIS researcher Steven Hendry on how the
UK can best direct shrinking military resources at a time of spending
cuts

This week has seen the release of both
the National Security Strategy (NSS) and publication of the results
of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). The NSS
describes the threats that the UK faces in the coming years, whilst
the SDSR sets out how the armed forces will counter these threats
whilst cutting just under 8% from their budget.

Here's what Tony Blair has to say in his book 'A Journey' on the 2007 decision to replace the Trident nuclear weapon system:

NIS Researcher Steven Hendry discusses the findings of a BPIX survey which suggests that 63% of people would be happy to see Trident scrapped

NIS researcher Steven Hendry discusses the upcoming Nuclear Abolition day, the basic ideas behind a Nuclear Weapons Convention and its possible place alongside the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.

One week on from the closing of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Review Conference (NPT) in New York, Anti-nuclear activists around the globe will gather on June 5th to call for a global nuclear weapons convention (NWC). Many activists had hoped that this years review would end with a commitment to building a NWC.  However, it didn't - hence the need for action.