Student / Young Pugwash UK held its fifth Annual Conference in March 2020, titled ‘Warwick Technology & Peace Conference‘, in association with the Warwick Pugwash Student Society. It was a multidisciplinary conference about the risks posted by emerging technologies, as well as political and technical solutions to control them. The conference brought together over 50 […]
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British Pugwash Newsletter – January 2020
Published on 14th January 2020 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Current projects – feed, Disarmament, Publications, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, Recently published
Topics covered in the British Pugwash January 2020 Newsletter include: New Research: Hypersonic weapon systems – Implications for strategic stability and arms controlResearcher job: British Pugwash project on climate change and nuclear weaponsRoyal Society video of Rees/Cox on Rotblat – Now on YouTube!Crowdfund appeal – Help SYP UK get to Doha 2020 The newsletter can […]
New on YouTube: People of Science – Sir Joseph Rotblat (Co-founder of Pugwash)
Published on 7th January 2020 in Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Uncategorised, History, Recently published
Royal Society / Pugwash Collaboration:People of Science – Sir Jo Rotblat (featuring Prof Brian Cox & Lord Martin Rees) We are delighted to announce that the Royal Society video on Pugwash and its founder (Sir Joseph Rotblat) is now available on YouTube (here). The film is part of a series hosted by Prof Brian Cox, in which […]
British Pugwash Newsletter – December 2019
Published on 6th January 2020 in NPT, Publications, Newsletters
Topics covered in the British Pugwash December 2019 Newsletter include: New Video: Lord Rees on Pugwash founder Sir Jo Rotblat (produced by the Royal Society)Crowdfund appeal – Help SYP UK get to Doha 2020!Pugwash President article: ‘Ditch the Bomb, not the NPT’ The newsletter can be found online here
British Pugwash Newsletter – November 2019
Published on 6th January 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, Ethics of Science, Publications, Newsletters
Topics covered in the British Pugwash November 2019 Newsletter include: Film & Debate – The End of Nuclear Weapons? – KCL, 28 NovRemembering General Sir Hugh BeachMultimedia from Ethical Science mini-conference, NottinghamCrowdfund appeal – Help SYP UK get to Doha 2020!New York meeting: The Erosion of Arms Control Architecture The newsletter can be found online here
New research: Hypersonic weapon systems – Implications and arms control (Dec 2019)
Published on 17th December 2019 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Publications, British Pugwash projects, International Peace & Security, Recently published
Student/Young Pugwash UK is delighted to release a new report on developments with hypersonic missile technology. The paper covers the latest technologies, the key states involved, the risks posed and the potential ways forward for arms control and non-proliferation. The report was developed by Matteo Frigoli, a young legal scholar with specialist interests in space […]