Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG is a former British diplomat, serving his last diplomatic positing as Ambassador to Afghanistan from June to November 2021. Prior to this, serving as regional Ambassador for China, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa for the UN Climate Change...
Tom Tugendhat MBE MP was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling in 2015 and was re-elected in 2017 following a career in the British Army. In 2017, he was elected the youngest ever Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in the UK Parliament's House of...
Claudia Westwood is a recent graduate of the MSc in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Oxford and holds a first-class honours BA in International Relations from King’s College London. She grew up in Glasgow, Scotland and Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Her research...
Anuradha Damale-Day is a Policy Fellow and Programme Manager at BASIC, as well as a PhD researcher on "Responsibility in Outer Space" for the EU Funded Third Nuclear Age Project at the University of Leicester. Anu manages the Inclusive International Security portfolio at BASIC, and her research...
Madeleine Moon is a former British Labour Party politician, having served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend from 2005 to 2019. In 2010, Madeleine joined the House of Commons Defence Select Committee and the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Active in Parliamentary duty,...
Sebastian Brixey-Williams is the Co-Director of BASIC, a London-based think tank promoting meaningful dialogue to build international trust, reduce nuclear risks and advance disarmament, alongside Marion Messmer. He is a nuclear weapons expert and mediator, with expertise in disarmament...