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Webinar invitation: Prof Dan Plesch and Manuel Galileo on ‘Strategic Stability and Conventional Strikes’ 12 December, 17.30 (UK)  

Webinar invitation With the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) set to expire on Feb 5 2026, strategic weapons issues loom over relations between the major powers. Against this context, our latest webinar will spread awareness of a new report ‘Masters of the Air: Strategic Stability and conventional strikes’. The report considers how U.S. precision weapons […]

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Video now online: ‘China’s Approach to Nuclear Disarmament’, with Zhou Bo, 08/10 @ 14.00

Watch this webinar from 8 October which explored China’s call for a P5 no-first-use agreement and related nuclear policies. The meeting was chaired by Peter Jenkins, Chairman of British Pugwash. Speaker: Zhou Bo will draw on a recent article in Foreign Affairs to spell out the nuclear risk reduction potential of a P5 no-first-use agreement […]

British Pugwash Newsletter: May 2024

Items include: Upcoming Hay Festival lecture, 1 June: Professor Carlo Rovelli Annual lecture and interview: Professor Dame Athene Donald Webinar video: Dr James Acton AGM and Annual Report Student / Young Pugwash Update Recent articles and reports of interest Obituary: Kit Hill Download this newsletter as a pdf here. Upcoming Hay Festival lecture, 1 June: […]

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Video of Annual Lecture and Interview: Professor Dame Athene Donald, 9th May, 1730

Lecture title: Reflections on the legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat in a time of nuclear risk   Speaker: Professor Dame Athene Donald Watch the video of the lecture and our interview below:   … Thursday, May 9, 5:30 – 6:30pm GMT+1 The Babbage Lecture Theatre, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ (in person […]

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Video of Webinar with Dr James Acton, 8th April @ 6pm

On Monday 8th April at 6pm we held our latest webinar with Dr James Acton. Watch the video of the event below… We discussed rising tensions between the nuclear powers, and the prospects for a more peaceful world. In particular, we considered nuclear entanglement and escalation risks, and the impact of new technologies on nuclear […]

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Video of SYP-UK Webinar: ‘AI and nuclear matters’, 29/03/24

Student / Young Pugwash-UK  Webinar: ‘AI and nuclear matters’ Watch the video of this webinar here:     Date / time: 29 March 2024, 14.00 GMT Description:   Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a subject of immediate and growing concern. The revolutionary potential of this technology could significantly reshape global society for good or ill. This […]