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Speakers:
Paul Ingram (CSER) and David Cullen (BASIC)
Description:
Our speakers will provide an update on the UK’s nuclear weapons system, and the replacement programme, with a focus on US technological dependence. They will review Euro-Atlantic relations and how recent political developments could affect the UK’s nuclear future. In addition, they will consider whether it would be realistic for the UK to develop a truly independent nuclear weapons system, or whether the fundamental choice is between continuing dependence on the US and renouncing nuclear weapons.
Speaker bios:
Paul has several decades experience leading diverse and multicultural teams to impact decisions on existential threats, particularly nuclear war. He was the Executive Director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) 2007-19, focusing on nuclear deterrence and disarmament issues in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Since 2019 he has worked closely with the Swedish Foreign Ministry crafting the Stepping Stones Approach. He is a Research Affiliate and Former Academic Programme Manager with the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge University.
Dave is a Policy Fellow at BASIC and Programme Manager of the Emerging Voices Network. He joined BASIC after eight years at the Nuclear Information Service, where he was the Director. Dave is an expert on the UK nuclear weapons programme, frequently quoted in the press and cited in research. His own publications have covered programmatic and technical problems within the programme, plans for the new UK and US warheads, and the costs of the programme. His work focuses on the interrelationship between technology, policy and politics in relation to weapon systems and disarmament.