Item 1: Iran visit – International Pugwash visited Tehran (Iran) for a two-day meeting to discuss the JCPOA (the ‘Iran Deal’) – Meeting notes and photos here Item 2: Killer robots – Professor John Finney, of the British Pugwash Trust, has written for Responsible Science about the risks of ‘killer robots’ and the UN’s COMEST Commissions […]
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British Pugwash Newsletter March 2019
Published on 27th March 2019 in Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published
Topics covered in the British Pugwash Spring 2019 Newsletter include: Delegation to Moscow to discuss arms control Hypersonic missiles and strategic stability – new research British Pugwash Annual General Meeting + Public Lecture Student/Young Pugwash UK – Conference Report Rotblat Memorial Lecture – A review ‘Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control’ – Germany The newsletter can […]
British Pugwash Newsletter October 2018
Published on 4th October 2018 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Newsletters, International Peace & Security
Topics covered in the British Pugwash Late 2018 Newsletter include: The state of the Iran nuclear deal Nuclear power – future prospects Researchers oppose EU military research programme Killer robots (guest piece by Article 36) Upcoming events Download here
British Pugwash Newsletter January 2018
Published on 19th July 2018 in Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, Student Young Pugwash Events
Topics covered in the British Pugwash Early 2018 Newsletter include: Joseph Rotblat memorial plaque The Biological Weapons Convention – A new work programme Reports from BPG Exec members PeaceJam UK Conference SYP Annual Conference Download here
British Pugwash Newsletter October 2016
Published on 27th October 2016 in Trident, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Disarmament, Ethics of Science, BRINDI, Publications, Newsletters, Recently published
British Pugwash Newsletter October 2016 Topics include: New Chair of British Pugwash; Emerging technologies and the nuclear debate; COMEST and robotics; Student/Young Pugwash: first annual conference; Climate change and the Global Energy Calculator
British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Published on 16th December 2015 in Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, NPT, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Ethics of Science, History, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published
Topics include: WMDA Talking Trident and Ambassadors’ programmes; the ethics of developing technologies; Syria’s chemical weapons; Ukraine; relaunching Student/Young Pugwash; global energy calculator