Rethinking Security

We're a network of organisations, academics & activists working together for sustainable, human security based on justice, co-operation and peace building.

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Negotiated rapidly & in secret, AUKUS is among the most expensive, consequential & opaque deals in 🇬🇧 & 🇦🇺 military history.
Ian Lowe reports on the launch of a new civil society-led public inquiry that aims to provide some much lacking scrutiny.

https://t.co/dO34oftdVZ

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

The UK government seems disinterested in a ‘national conversation’ on security that listens to the public's views on its own security. New research by Dr Tom Martin on UK public opinion reveals significant divisions among voters about threats & responses.

https://t.co/hrvdgCT0on

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Today! at 4pm (UK/BST) / 5pm (Central European Time)

[ICIP @ICIPeace]

Who provides security? Who decides on security? For whom?

Join the webinar with @RethinkingSecu1 @CidobBarcelona @MAGsaveslives & @Essec

📅Friday 22 May at 5pm (CET)

✍️Open registration: https://t.co/yLW9mXqVsY

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

@ICIPeace @CidobBarcelona @MAGsaveslives @essec @SoniaAndolz @RJ_Reeve To avoid any confusion - that's 4pm UK time (BST).

Register here: https://t.co/bJbKRc3hJi

[ICIP @ICIPeace]

Who provides security? Who decides on security? For whom?

Join the webinar with @RethinkingSecu1 @CidobBarcelona @MAGsaveslives & @Essec

📅Friday 22 May at 5pm (CET)

✍️Open registration: https://t.co/yLW9mXqVsY

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

This Friday 22 May at 4pm (UK)

Our Coordinator @RJ_Reeve will join a webinar panel to discuss Who provides security? Who decides on security? For whom?

With @ICIPeace, @CidobBarcelona in Barcelona, @MAGsaveslives in Manchester, & @Essec in Paris.

https://t.co/tzGhkzp4rp

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough. According to @LukeTryl, easily the closest the UK public comes to consensus on a fantasy prime minister.
Never wiser than 5 years ago when addressing the UN Security Council on the urgency of rethinking security.
https://t.co/ae3x0JLSlB

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Very important UK-chaired session of the UN Security Council on climate and security yesterday, including the starkest warning possible from Sir David Attenborough, making the case for immediately rethinking security. Please watch!
https://t.co/F6HAO0Pl9z

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

New on the Blog:

'The Dangerous Logic of Europeanizing Nuclear Deterrence'

@ianNATOWatch and @TyttiErasto of @SIPRIorg question the dangerous framing and flawed logic of Franco-German proposals for a nuclearized future Europe.

https://t.co/1sUos0c6CG

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in “countercurrent” politics, which focus on the common good. What is urgently needed is the courage of new visions and an educational pact that gives young people space and trust. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea https://t.co/81zzJos7Ij

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Well worth listening to this Guardian podcast for more info on what on Earth happened with that DEFRA/JIC assessment of threats to UK national security from ecosystem collapse. But still many questions for HMG to answer.

[Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey]

Collapse of ecosystems around world is serious national security concern for UK, threatening peace, stability, food supply, leading to conflict + social/economic disaster. So say UK spy chiefs.Why no response from highest levels of govt? Podcast here https://t.co/jVT3JzLV2w

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Roundtable: 'UK public opinion on security and military spending' - 30 April

Dr Tom Martin of @OpenUniversity & Dr Francesco Rigoli of @CityStGeorges will share findings and discuss implications for policy-makers, practitioners and activists.

Register: https://t.co/IG9mQlpuc3

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Graft. Venality. Impunity.

Our 2023 public opinion survey identified Corruption & Actions of the UK Gov't as the top 2 threats to UK national security.

Of 16-30 yr-olds, 74% rated Corruption, and 68% rated UK Gov't action, as a significant threat.

https://t.co/0FESuuuGRF...

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

On-the-money editorial in the Guardian today putting SDR authors' pitch to bankroll the UK's supporting role in US empire in its proper context.
https://t.co/vHHPFYREDF

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

With pressure mounting on the PM to up the pace of UK military spending increase, he'll find there are no easy solutions.
Michael Brzoska & Ian Davis argue that neither the case for spending increases nor trade-offs necessary to achieve them has been made.
https://t.co/Bw4fIxdxcz

[Beatrice Fihn @BeaFihn]

I think it’s interesting that people are so shocked by the idea of “normalizing the language of nuclear annihilation”.

This was what nuclear deterrence always is. Any state (& person) that supports nuclear deterrence as a policy must be ready to wipe out a whole civilization

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

Today is a good day to read Drone Wars UK's briefing on the USAF use of RAF Fairford for air strikes against Iran.
Today is the day the UK government must stop all US combat aircraft flying from its bases, whether in the UK, Cyprus or Diego Garcia.
https://t.co/B28NkBRmrH

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

You can read our full evidence submission here: https://t.co/IoHgww9mn1

And there are also some good ones from @Saferworld, @GAPS_Network and @TheHALOTrust.

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy today published its report into the 2025 🇬🇧National Security Strategy.
We're pleased that it has cited our evidence, shared our concerns and endorsed our recommendations, including on: ...

https://t.co/9wQEOn5Tei

[Rethinking Security @RethinkingSecu1]

We would also have welcomed a much clearer recommendation on the very fundamental point that a NSS should never again be sequenced after and treated as ancillary to a defence review. This is a missed opportunity.