Peter Jenkins, former UK Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Shashank Joshi, Research Fellow at RUSI debated the accuracy of Defence Minister Philip Hammond’s claim that proliferating nuclear threats justify Trident renewal.
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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 […]
The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate
Published on 30th March 2013 in Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
Deterrence and defence policies are at the core of Britain’s Trident replacement policy debates. The strategic foreign policy implications of the replacement debate for Britain also require closer consideration. These were some of the conclusions of an IISS discussion meeting at Arundel House on ‘The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate’ on 13 March.
A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead
Published on 12th March 2013 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
The launch of Dr Nick Ritchie’s book A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead (Palgrave, 2012) addressed the question: Why is the UK still committed to nuclear weapons, what are the prospects for a change in UK policy, and what does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?
Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies
Published on 14th February 2013 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
British Pugwash launched its expert report Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies, at a discussion meeting on 14 February. The report discusses three possible UK energy strategies which have been constructed using the ‘Pathways to 2050 Calculator’, made publicly available by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). This report seeks to […]
Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity
Published on 10th October 2012 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Events 2010-2014
The growth of the human population of the earth and the consequent demand for energy has led to an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere and a loss of biodiversity that is likely to lead to a “sixth extinction”, argues Dr Peter Weightman.