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Author: Ben Donaldson

Ben Donaldson is Head of Campaigns at UNA-UK and has worked on UK security issues, UN reform and public outreach on global issues for over a decade. While at UNA-UK he coordinated submissions from the organisation’s nationwide supporter-base for both the 2015 SDSR and the 2021 Integrated Review. He is on the board of Control Arms, is a co-founder of the 1 for 7 Billion campaign and is a Council Member at Rethinking Security.
30 November 202330 November 2023 Ben Donaldson

UK Denies Toxic Nuclear Legacy in Kiribati

The second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is underway in New York. Absent (again) is the British government. Ben Donaldson of Spoiler Alert reports on how the UK is refusing to face up to the toxic legacy of nuclear testing in its former colony, Kiribati.

10 December 20213 February 2022 Ben Donaldson

Open Society, Closed Conversations: External Consultation and the Integrated Review

This briefing paper from Rethinking Security and UNA-UK compares the external consultation processes of the recent Integrated Review with previous UK security reviews. It aims to inform better practice and contribute to Rethinking Security’s Alternative Security Review project.

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Main image credits: Fruit seller in Hebron by Chloe Skinner. Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine HMS Vanguard returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland, November 2009, Defence Images (MoD) via Flickr. Woman sitting on the ruins of her house destroyed by Israel in Masafer Yatta, January 2023, via Wikipedia.

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