Americas

Venezuela held a parliamentary election on Sunday 6 December 2020, electing Deputies to the National Assembly.

This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the policies, capabilities and programmes of the nuclear weapon states.

The House of Commons Library has produced a new series of papers on the nuclear weapon states. This short paper provides an overview of the key facts.

What will a change of Administration in the US mean for the UK?

This paper briefly examines the nuclear weapons policies, capabilities and programmes of the United States. Under a Biden administration, a return to the nuclear polices of the Obama era is considered likely. This is one paper in a larger series on the nuclear weapon states.

A look ahead to the UK Government's integrated review of security, defence and foreign policy.

Bolivia held elections on Sunday 18 October 2020. As well as electing a president and vice-president, the electorate also voted for members of both houses of Congress.

This Insight examines the current nuclear restrictions under New START and the prospects for future arms control.

Bilateral agreements aimed at restricting the nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia have been in place since the early 1970s. For the first time in nearly 50 years that nuclear arms control architecture is now potentially heading towards a crisis.

In February 2020 the Government confirmed the existence of a replacement warhead programme for its nuclear deterrent. A decision on replacement has been long-awaited, with work on possible options underway since 2006.

This Insight outlines the background to the Black Lives Matter movement and the reaction in the UK to the death of George Floyd.

The FCO has advised against all non-essential global travel and has urged Britons travelling abroad to return to the UK as soon as possible. MPs have questioned the government's response. Here we look at what the FCO has done to help British travellers return home and reaction from MPs and the media. The paper provides information on how to access FCO travel advice.