The below is a summary of and link to a commentary by Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Chair of British Pugwash. Summary The United Kingdom government recently announced, in the context of an integrated policy review, that it will move to an overall nuclear weapon stockpile of no more than 260 (from a previous target of no […]
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VIDEO – Ethical Science events in June
Student/Young Pugwash UK’s Project on Ethical Science held two events in June 2021. — Ethical Careers in STEM (June 9th) A virtual careers event exploring different opportunities available to STEM graduates. The panellists, from the civil service, the third sector and industry, explored the ethical considerations that have guided their own careers and provide advice […]
British Pugwash Group Annual Report 2020
Topics covered include: International developments vis-a-vis arms control Student/Young Pugwash UK PeaceJam UK British Pugwash Lecture at Hay: Jim Al-Khalili Multimedia from events Welcoming our Patrons The Joseph Rotblat Memorial Trust Download or read the report
British Pugwash statement on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (March 2021)
British Pugwash is troubled to note the UK Government’s decisions, announced in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, to increase the UK’s stockpile of nuclear warheads and no longer to reveal the number of these weapons that will be kept operational. Both these moves are retrograde. The change from the previous […]
VIDEO: Peace Workshops, SYP UK, March 2021
Throughout March, Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK ran a series of online ‘peace workshops’, bringing together international researchers and policy practitioners to discuss opportunities for international co-operation, arms control and peace. Some of the sessions were recorded (below). Others were held under Chatham House rules. Keynote: Dr Lassina Zerbo (Chief Exec, CTBTO), in conversation Our keynote […]
VIDEO: China’s Surveillance Technology Abuse and the Uyghur People
On 20th January, Oxford Student/Young Pugwash hosted Dr. Darren Byler and Rahima Mahmut, to discuss China’s deployment of digital surveillance technologies against Muslim minority groups and the experience of the Uyghur people. Dr. Byler (here) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he researches technopolitical […]