Steve is an award-winning political consultant with 40 years’ experience in politics and policy development. He was an activist in the peace camps movement in the early 1980s after which his career has included stints as an elected Town Councillor, an adviser to three women MPs, a public affairs consultant, Director of Strategy at the North West Regional Assembly, Deputy Director of the (John) Smith Institute, campaigner on the issue of low pay for care workers, instigator of a number of regional APPGs and thought leader on health devolution. He was appointed Chair of the Nuclear Education Trust in 2022.
Steve Barwick
Chair, Nuclear Education Trust
Content by Steve Barwick
Commentary
Stepping back from the brink: How the UK could help lead the world away from the nuclear precipice
The world today stands closer to nuclear catastrophe than at any point since the end of the Cold War. Conflicts involving nuclear-armed states could all too easily escalate to a nuclear confrontation, as global arms control treaties collapse. Steve Barwick, Chair of the Nuclear Education Trust, calls for the UK, as the chair of the group of five ‘official’ nuclear weapon states in the run-up to the 2026 NPT Review Conference, to reject nuclear sharing and prioritise transparency, reinvigorate global nuclear diplomacy, adopt a no-first-use policy, and engage with the TPNW.
Commentary
What is the future for UK defence, diplomacy, and disarmament?
As debate around UK defence policy increases ahead of a general election, a new survey of defence and foreign affairs opinion makers explores how the UK can help get the world back on a path to nuclear disarmament and offers 50 proposals to the UK government.