The contents of the annual report for 2024 include: Developments in 2024 (in global nuclear matters / regarding chemical and biological weapons / artificial intelligence) Projects (Student and Young Pugwash / Analysis and resources) Meetings and events (including on: nuclear entanglement and escalation risks / the legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat / China’s approach to […]
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British Pugwash Newsletter: August 2025
Items include: Video and review: 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto Videos of recent webinars Review of the 2025 Student and Young Pugwash Conference Recent publications / articles of note Joseph Rotblat Memorial Trust: Trustee / Treasurer vacancies Annual Membership 1. Video and review: 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, special event On 8 July the […]
Blog: Dialogue across Divides: Pugwash’s contribution to sustainable security
Civil society organisations can and do have a significant role to play in building sustainable security. The story of Pugwash, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation that deals with issues at the intersection of science and policy, highlights the importance of dialogue across divides in building sustainable security. As part of Rethinking Security’s series ‘Stories of […]
The Case for Parliament to Scrutinise the UK’s Nuclear Weapons Programme
This article, by Steve Barwick and Dr Tim Street, first appeared in the Rethinking Security blog edited by Richard Reeve. … Over the last few months military spending has catapulted up the political agenda. The UK Government’s plans to increase the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) budget to 2.5% of GDP and divert funds from the overseas aid […]
France’s Nuclear Umbrella Offer to other European States
As noted in a post on this site on 14 March, recent developments in relations between the United States and Europe have prompted President Macron to offer (as he did in 2020) to make France’s nuclear forces available for the defence of Europe. This post touches briefly on some of the issues that lie at […]
Europeanising France’s Nuclear Deterrent? by Prof Tom Sauer
Europeanising France’s Nuclear Deterrent? by Prof Tom Sauer Recent developments in relations between the United States and Europe have prompted the President of France to offer to make France’s nuclear forces available for the defence of Europe. What follows is a critique of that offer by a Belgian member of Pugwash, Tom Sauer, who […]