Key topics: UK related nuclear weapons issues, particularly government’s decision to proceed with renewing Trident; non-proliferation and disarmament issues. New themes: future of UK energy policy; climate change and planetary boundaries
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The Nuclear Implications of the SDSR/NSS
Professor John Simpson provides a guide to the nuclear implications of the government’s October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
War is not inevitable
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Key topics: Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the runup to the May 2010 NPT Review Conference; Report: The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK; mapping disarmament in the UK
Money spent on Trident can’t go on troops
British Pugwash executive committee member Gen. Sir Hugh Beach and three other former senior military commanders publish a letter in The Times questioning if the UK nuclear deterrent is value for money.
The Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessment
This book includes contributions from some of the world’s leading experts on independent scientific advising on WMD issues. It is the outcome of a joint British Pugwash-Croatian Pugwash workshop in Zagreb, November 2008.