Rethinking Security

We are pleased to have signed on to this letter to the PM calling for an urgent rethink of the government's ill-thought, uncosted plan to acquire F-35A jets for the NATO 'tactical nuclear' role.

COP30: What to expect on conflict, climate and militarism - CEOBS COP30 is taking place against a backdrop of wars and rising military spending, what will it deliver on conflict, climate and militarism?

Wars affecting every corner of the globe, military spending at a record high, and 1.5 degrees breached. Our #COP30 preview wonders what, if anything, will be delivered on conflict, climate and militarism. ceobs.org/cop30-what-t...

An alternative vision of security for the UK and France | ICN Peace organisations from the UK and France, including Pax Christi England and Wales and Pax Christi Scotland, hosted a peace conference at St Anne's Church, Soho, London on Saturday.Held to mark the 1...

RS's Jo Frew joined UK & EU peace orgs in London to call on UK & French gov'ts to end their collaboration on developing nuclear arsenals and to collaborate instead on real threats to human security such as climate change, wealth inequality and failing democracy.
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SMRs vs Renewables: A Costly Distraction? Politicians in many countries, including the UK and Australia, have recently advocated the development of ‘small modular reactors’ (SMRs) as a means to speed up nuclear power production as an alter…

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Hyping ‘small modular reactors’ is all the rage. But with the tech still some 15 years from maturity, Ian Lowe argues that SMRs are an expensive & risky distraction from rapidly building safer, cleaner & cheaper renewable energy capacity.

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There was no opportunity for outsiders to input to this year's National Security Strategy but the Joint Committee on the NSS currently has an inquiry into the NSS, which has recently published our evidence submission.

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‘Dangerous World’, Dangerous Narrative: Countering the National Security Strategy’s Assumptions The UK’s latest defence and security reviews set out a simple but effective narrative of an embattled UK in need of urgent military and societal mobilisation amid “radical uncertainty&#…

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What are the deep assumptions that the UK's 'national security' narrative feeds off? How can a counter-narrative harness other national values and stories to plot a course towards a more stable and peaceful world? Joanna Frew reports.

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"Militaries have to be understood...as climate threats", accounting for more emissions than shipping and aviation combined.

Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social on the latest episode of New Economics Podcast discussing how the UK became a global arms dealer.

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How can we build on the ‘radical peace’ made in Northern Ireland? Among the UK and Ireland’s greatest successes of the last century has been the achievement of peace in Northern Ireland. Almost three decades on, Larry Attree asked five key experts how peace and s…

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Larry Attree asked five key experts how peace and security was built in Northern Ireland, and what is now needed to sustain it in the face of unrest, social division and uncertainty over the future.

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A fantastic opportunity for ant-nuclear activists to meet up and learn more about the movement to abolish WMD, in London on 01 November.

Don't miss our webinar tomorrow, 09.00:

'Rethinking Peace & Security Policy in Australia & the UK'

Reps from RS and the Australian Peace and Security Forum will discuss how and why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS.

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CSBMs not shoot-downs are required to take the heat out of the escalating airspace violations A series of violations of NATO airspace by Russian crewed and uncrewed aircraft in September significantly escalated the rhetoric and potential for deadly violence between European adversaries beyo…

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After a series of violations of NATO airspace by Russian crewed & uncrewed aircraft in September, Ian Davis suggests 4 ways in which the alliance can deter Russia while reducing the risk of miscalculation & the dangers of escalation.

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WEBINAR Rethinking Peace and Security Policy in Australia and the UK Register here A new webinar on 16 October (09.00 UK time) will bring together representatives from Rethinking Security and a new peer network, the Australian Peace and Security Forum, founded last …

New Event - This Thursday, 9am.

On 16 October we'll bring together reps from RS & the Australian Peace and Security Forum, to discuss how & why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS & dependence on the US.

Info & Register: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/uk-australia/

Is our Government Complicit in Genocide? The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…

The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states & individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Carne Ross assesses the UK government & its officials' complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Events Upcoming Wednesday 08 October 2025, 6.00pm to 7.15pm ‘Dangerous World’, Dangerous Narrative: Addressing the UK’s National Security Strategy Register here In June of 2025, the curr…

Tonight at 6pm!

Don't miss our Open Discussion on responding to the UK’s National Security Strategy.

Register: rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

🪖HAPPENING TOMORROW!

Join @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social for an online discussion exploring the UK government’s National Security Strategy (NSS) and its focus on militarisation.

Tickets + More info: https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

Register to join this conversation we'll be part of on Wednesday evening! ⬇️

Rethinking Peace and Security Policy in Australia and the UK Register here A new webinar on 16 October (09.00 UK time) will bring together representatives from Rethinking Security and a new peer network, the Australian Peace and Security Forum, founded last …

🚨New Event:

'Rethinking Peace & Security Policy in Australia & the UK'

On 16 October we'll bring together reps from RS & the Australian Peace and Security Forum, to discuss how & why our networks seek urgent change to security policies, incl. AUKUS.💂‍♂️🦘

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In a joint opinion from international law experts, they warn that Britain is breaching the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) with the purchase of nuclear-capable fighter jets and US nuclear bombs in Britain.

We were delighted to join the debate on military spending at this year's Labour Party Conference.
RS Coordinator Richard Reeve spoke on an Eleanor Crook Fdn panel on 'the future for aid & development in an era of defence and security', incl. @umakumaran.bsky.social & @tandhesi.bsky.social MPs.

In Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference next week?

Don't miss our Coordinator Richard Reeve and a great panel of speakers at this Eleanor Crook Fdn event on:

'The Future of Aid & Development in an Era of Defence & Security'

Mon 29 Sept, 12.30, Revolucion de Cuba, Albert Dock

Join @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social for a discussion exploring the UK government’s National Security Strategy & its focus on militarisation.

An opportunity to share insights, challenge dominant narratives & develop constructive responses.

Tickets: https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

‘Europe’s Role for Peace in the World’: A Positive Peace Scenario from Sicherheit neu Denken In order to overcome major global challenges, especially climate breakdown and the crisis in the international legal order, it is necessary to end the Ukraine war as quickly as possible. Europe als…

Europe urgently needs to reimagine its role in the world & find a sustainable peace for Ukraine.
Sicherheit neu Denken (German RS) has published a ‘Positive Peace Scenario for Europe’s Role in the World’.
Ralf Becker explains the concept and its reception.

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📢New event

We see growing hostility & racism in our politics and streets, climate breakdown across the globe, and ongoing war & genocide. Competition & militarism are not the answer.

Join our discussion on 08 October to share ideas for a counter-narrative.

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🚨TOMORROW: How does militarism drive the climate crisis, and why is it ignored in UN climate talks?

SGR's Stuart Parkinson will join global experts making a feminist call for demilitarisation in the UN climate process.

📆 19th September, 2PM UTC

Sign up now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Joint Statement: UN Commission of Inquiry finding of genocide in Gaza and UK position on genocide - News and resources - Saferworld Comment & analysis Joint Statement: UN Commission of Inquiry finding of genocide in Gaza and UK position on genocide 18 September 2025 Saferworld, alongside other organisations, has signed a joint letter responding to the UN Commission of Inquiry findin...

Saferworld, alongside other organisations, has signed a joint letter responding to the UN Commission of Inquiry finding of #genocideinGaza and UK position on genocide.

Read the full letter: https://bit.ly/4gqHNYc

Drawing Circles: Reflections on Hiroshima Day and European rearmament Eighty years on from the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima, the UK and Europe are rearming at breakneck pace, including with more US nuclear weapons. Kirsten Bayes reflects on the waning of arms con…

80 years after WW2, the UK & Europe are rearming at breakneck pace, including with more US nuclear weapons. Kirsten Bayes reflects on the waning of arms controls & the rise of the politics of distraction and demonization, suggesting three crucial responses.

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The UK cannot plead ignorance: complicity in genocide - AOAV A UN inquiry has found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leaving the UK at risk of complicity through its arms sales, military support, and intelligence sharing.

A UN inquiry has found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leaving the UK at risk of complicity through its arms sales, military support, and intelligence sharing.

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UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on X: "UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres, @INakamitsu and @UNDP @HaoliangXu launched the report “The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future” which examines the impact of global increase in military expenditure 👉 https://t.co/B8cCrlR8yi https://t.co/nJhMP9KsMq" / X UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres, @INakamitsu and @UNDP @HaoliangXu launched the report “The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future” which examines the impact of global increase in military expenditure 👉 https://t.co/B8cCrlR8yi https://t.co/nJhMP9KsMq

An excellent report, which echoes, with comprehensive evidence, what CAAT and others such as
@rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social have said - more military spending and armaments are not the way to peace and security, and harm sustainable human and economic development.

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A useful and important summary of the UK's worsening complicity in genocide on the day that the Israeli prime minister is welcomed to Downing Street and Israeli arms manufacturers exhibit freely in London.

Essential reading on the dire implications for health of war, rearmament and runaway military spending.
We're looking forward to discussing the same at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool later this month.