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 […]
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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 […]
British Pugwash Newsletter: February 2025
Items include: Dr P.J. Blount: Video, ‘The Co-evolution of the Nuclear-Space Age’ Student and Young Pugwash Conference, King’s College London, 15 March ‘AI and Warfare’ event, Oxford University, 17 March Videos of recent webinars Recent publications Research project: request for participants Stop Ecocide Law Annual Membership Obituary: Professor Max Klein … Dr P.J. Blount, Webinar […]
A Second U.S. “Strategic Defense Initiative”
President Trump has issued an executive order that calls for deploying and maintaining a “next-generation missile defense shield”, an “Iron Dome for America”. … EXECUTIVE ORDER The Iron Dome for America January 27, 2025 Sec. 2 Policy. To further the goal of peace through strength, it is the policy of the United States that: (a) […]
British Pugwash Newsletter, November 2024
Items include: Dan Plesch / Manuel Galileo, Webinar Invitation, 12 December Video: Zhou Bo on ‘China’s Approach to Nuclear Disarmament’ Publication: ‘AI: Implications for Peace and Security, Articles from the SYP Conference 2024’ Recent articles and reports of interest Members Survey 2024 Pugwash Forum Mailing List Annual Membership Webinar invitation: Prof Dan Plesch […]
AI: Implications for Peace and Security, Articles from the SYP Conference 2024
Student / Young Pugwash (SYP) organises an annual conference on peace and disarmament. The subject of the 7th conference, held in January 2024 at King’s College London, was ‘Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Peace and Security’.Our aim was to encourage new thinking on the legal, political and technical questions associated with this topic, with a focus […]