Archive | May, 2013

Hans Blix The outlook for peace and disarmament

Published on 26th May 2013 in Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014

Dr Hans Blix, the former UN Chief Weapons Inspector who led the inspections in Iraq in 2002-03, gave the 9th Joseph Rotblat lecture at Hay Literary Festival on 26 May 2013. He said he would vote for a place for the UK in the Guinness Book of Records, if it dropped the plan to renew Trident.

British Pugwash Annual Report 2012

Published on 1st May 2013 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Annual reports, Weapons of Mass Destruction

Key topics: Verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement and energy strategies. Key discussion meetings included: the launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat; ‘The Lessons of Fukushima’, and ‘Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity’

The link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the NPT: is there consensus behind the conflict?

Published on 1st May 2013 in Disarmament, NPT, Publications 2010-2014, Publications 2013-2014

Final report of a British Pugwash Group project that aimed identify possible grounds for a new consensus on the link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with consideration for the potential role of the UK.

Report of a Workshop: The ethics of military robotics

Published on 1st May 2013 in Publications 2010-2014, Publications 2013-2014, Remote Control Weaponry

Report from a scoping workshop to examine the ethical implications of current and possible future developments in modern military robotics, held on 20-22 March 2013 at the University of Birmingham.

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Hans Blix The outlook for peace and disarmament

British Pugwash Annual Report 2012

The link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the NPT: is there consensus behind the conflict?

Report of a Workshop: The ethics of military robotics

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