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New publication: ‘Fresh Thinking on Peace and Nuclear Disarmament: Articles from the SYP Conference 2025’
Each year, Student / Young Pugwash (SYP-UK) organises a conference on international security. The subject of the 8th annual conference, held in 2025 at King’s College London, was ‘Stepping Back from the Brink: Fresh Thinking on Peace and Disarmament’. Our aim was to encourage new thinking on the legal, political and technical questions associated with…
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Tong Zhao: ‘Nuclear Risk Reduction in an Era of Great Power Rivalry’
We asked one of the speakers at the Pugwash / Royal Society event marking the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, Tong Zhao, to elaborate on his remarks in writing. The article below was originally published on the Ambassador Partnership’s website. … Efforts to reduce nuclear dangers face stiff headwinds as most nuclear armed states…
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Webinars on the future of the NPT (24/10) and the US’s ‘Golden Dome’ (09/10)
You are invited to join us for our latest webinar on Friday 24 October at 14.00 (UK) Tariq Rauf will be speaking on: “Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Prospects for the 2026 NPT Review Conference” Tariq will discuss the review process for the NPT, the meaning of “consensus”, whether an outcome document is required at review conferences, as well…
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Second webinar on the US Golden Dome missile defence system, 2 October
Webinar II | Technical Feasibility of the Golden Dome 2 October, 18.00-19:30 (UK) To attend the webinar register here. The US Government recently announced its decision to pursue a space-based missiledefence system. Although this is not a new idea, the geopolitical, economic and technological context in which this initiative is developing has raised new questions…
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Joint Appeal for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: 26 September
More information about the Nuclear Abolition Day appeal, including how to endorse it, is available here. … The United Nations, which was established 80 years ago, affirmed nuclear disarmament as a top priority in its very first resolution, A/Res/1(1). In 2013, frustrated at the lack of progress, the UNGA declared September 26 as the International Day for…
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Webinar: ‘Golden Dome: understanding the US’s new missile defence system’ 25 September
You are invited to the International Student and Young Pugwash (ISYP) / British Student and Young Pugwash (SYP-UK) webinar ‘Golden Dome: understanding the US’s new missile defence system.’ Jessica West of Project Ploughshares and Sam Wilson of The Aerospace Corporation will explore the current status of the initiative. The webinar is on 25 September at 18:00-19:30 (UK) and will include a…
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