{"id":3960,"date":"2010-01-29T02:11:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:58:59","slug":"british-american-security-information-council-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=3960","title":{"rendered":"British American Security Information Council BASIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Vision: We want a safe and peaceful world, one without the threat of war and nuclear destruction. As Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill said: \u00ab\u00a0All of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force\u00a0\u00bb. BASIC believes that a law-guided approach based on negotiated treaties and a cooperative security agenda is the only viable way to reduce weapons proliferation, terrorism and inter-state-conflict &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/about.htm\">about 1\/2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/index.htm\">Homepage<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/pubs\/Press\/main.htm\">Press<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/update\/index.htm\">Newsletters<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/pubs\/pubindex.htm\">Publications<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/gtz-blog\/\">Blog<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/calendar\/index.htm\">Calendar<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/transatlantic\/index.htm\">Security<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/allies\/index.htm\">Transatlantic Allies<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/jobs\/main.htm\">Jobs, Internships<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/links\/index.htm\">Links &amp; downloads<\/a>;<br \/>\nAddresses: BASIC UK, The Grayston Centre, 2nd Floor, 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT, UK;<br \/>\nBASIC US,110 Maryland Ave, NE, Suite 205, Washington, DC 20002, USA;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/contact\/index.htm\">Contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/about.htm\">About 2\/2<\/a>: &#8230; Our Mission: Since 1987, BASIC has worked as an independent research and advocacy organization. Our research is respected and trusted, and widely used by many other organisations and individuals. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We focus on transatlantic security and arms control issues as a means of creating a more stable and secure world. With offices, staff, advisors, governing board membership and patrons on both sides of the Atlantic, we play a unique role as a transatlantic bridge for policy makers and opinion shapers.<\/p>\n<p>How We Operate &#8211; We achieve our mission by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researching and providing a critical examination of future decision points in transatlantic security policy, including: (a) arms control and disarmament policies involving nuclear and biological weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction; (b) national, regional and international security strategies including, but not limited to, peacekeeping, conflict management and prevention, and the control of terrorism; and (c) arms transfers and the international weapons trade;<\/li>\n<li>Assisting in the development of transatlantic security policies, policy making and the assessment of policy priorities; and<\/li>\n<li>Decoding complex defence and security material to promote public understanding and foster informed debate and creative solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BASIC is the first and only peace &amp; security NGO established to be British-American in name, composition, orientation and focus.<\/p>\n<p>The transatlantic security community is understood to include the nations of North America and Europe, including Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Our target audience in Europe and North America includes policymakers and opinion shapers &#8211; government officials, journalists, academics and other individuals and institutions needing reliable information and analysis about transatlantic security and arms control issues.<\/p>\n<p>Staff: &#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/about.htm\">full text<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Vision: We want a safe and peaceful world, one without the threat of war and nuclear destruction. As Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill said: \u00ab\u00a0All of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force\u00a0\u00bb. 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