BASIC (British American Security Information Council)

Who we are

Since 1987, we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to build trust and cooperation on some of the world’s most progressive global peace and security initiatives.

BASIC has four active programmes, each offering innovative paths to support the global objectives of nuclear disarmament and arms control

Our culture and values

Our Mission

We are an independent, non-profit think tank whose mission is to safeguard humanity and Earth’s ecosystem from nuclear risks and interconnected security threats, for generations to come. 

Our Vision

We envision a global security consensus founded on multilateralism, recognition of the indivisibility of security, consideration of future generations, and respect for planetary boundaries.

Integrity: We believe that honesty, independence and reliability are of the highest importance to our relationships and our working culture.

Empathy: We are convinced that only by seeking to genuinely understand alternative perspectives and positions can we deliver sustainable solutions to complex problems.

Inclusivity: We ensure demographic and cognitive diversity throughout our organisational culture, dialogues, and publications.

Transparency: We hold ourselves to account by maintaining the highest standards of transparency across our objectives, methods, and funding sources.

Innovation: We seek to design and apply creative approaches to address today’s security challenges.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

BASIC is a leading advocate for reforms to diversify the peace and security field, building on the norms set by the Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security agendas, and parallel agendas in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament forums.

This not only means having more women ‘at the table’, eradicating ‘manels’, and enforcing diversity in policymaking, but also to ask more fundamental questions using a gendered analysis, like: ‘Who’s affected, who makes the decisions, and how are the health and lasting peace of a society impacted?’ In addition, we’re taking active steps to bake in this awareness through a robust and geographically diverse set of high-potential next generation stewards of the global nuclear order.