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Invitation: SYP Peace and Technology Conference, London, Friday 20 March

You are invited to the 9th Annual Student / Young Pugwash Conference! The venue is London Metropolitan University (Holloway campus, Room TM3-03). Registration will take place from 9.30am and the first session will start at 10am. The event will end at 5pm followed by a social at a nearby venue. The conference theme is ‘How can we control and eliminate […]

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Call for presentations: 2026 SYP Conference

9th Annual SYP Conference ‘How can we control and eliminate weapons of mass destruction over the next decade?’ Location: Biological Security Research Centre, London Metropolitan University and online Date: Friday 20th March 2026 (TBC) Get involved!  SYP wants to give students and young professionals the opportunity to present their ideas on international peace, security and […]

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63rd Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima, “80 Years After the Atomic Bombing – Time for Peace, Dialogue and Nuclear Disarmament

From 1-5 November, Hiroshima hosted the 63rd Pugwash Conference. The meeting commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan, as well as the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, and the 30th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Sir Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.  From the bombed areas, where the […]

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Video: Dr Marion Messmer on ‘Euro-Atlantic Nuclear Relations in the Age of Trump’

On 5 December Dr Marion Messmer discussed Europe’s options after: the collapse of the INF Treaty; an increase in investment in missile technologies across the European continent; and declining confidence in the US nuclear umbrella, at a time of regional and global instability. Biography Dr Marion Messmer is a senior research fellow in the International Security Programme at Chatham House. She has […]

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Video: Tariq Rauf on the future of the NPT

Watch below Tariq Rauf speaking on: “Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Prospects for the 2026 NPT Review Conference” at our webinar on 24 October. Tariq discussed the review process for the NPT, the meaning of “consensus”, whether an outcome document is required at Review Conferences, as well as friction points between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon […]

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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 […]