Background briefings produced in conjunction with the Nuclear Weapons Policy Liaison Group aim to inform British parliamentarians on the UK’s nuclear weapons policy and its context.
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British Pugwash Annual Report 2011
Published on 1st May 2011 in Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, NPT, Disarmament, Annual reports
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
The Nuclear Implications of the SDSR/NSS
Published on 1st October 2010 in Nuclear Weapons, Publications 2010-2014
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
Published on 1st August 2010 in Publications 2010-2014, International Peace & Security
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Published on 1st May 2010 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry
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
Published on 1st April 2010 in Trident, Publications 2010-2014
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.