{"id":2691,"date":"2016-07-22T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:49:37","slug":"trident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2016\/07\/22\/trident\/","title":{"rendered":"Trident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-36830923\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">Parliament has voted to renew Trident<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Get some background on the history of this decision, its context in British foreign policy and\u00a0implications by downloading the excellent summary research briefing from the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/researchbriefings.parliament.uk\/ResearchBriefing\/Summary\/CBP-7353\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">House of Commons Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> which was prepared on the 11<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000\"> July 2016.\u00a0 This summarises previous UK government documents, parliamentary debates and the viewpoints of key stake holders.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">For more information on UK Nuclear deterrent policy see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/policies\/uk-nuclear-deterrent\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">UK government website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicint.org\/tridentcommission\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">BASIC has been running its own Trident commission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> considering the alternatives download the report and summary from its website.\u00a0 It also has a response to this week\u2019s decision.\u00a0 Other useful responses include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rusi.org\/publication\/occasional-papers\/future-nuclear-threats-uk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">RUSI which has published a paper on future nuclear threats to the UK<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk\/ssp\/re_thinking_uk_defence\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">Oxford research group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> briefings on UK defence policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Centre for International Studies &amp; 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