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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

Pugwash news in June: Iran visit, Prof Finney on killer robots, President on NPT

Published on 17th July 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Current projects – feed, NPT, Publications, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published

Item 1: Iran visit – International Pugwash visited Tehran (Iran) for a two-day meeting to discuss the JCPOA (the ‘Iran Deal’) – Meeting notes and photos here Item 2: Killer robots – Professor John Finney, of the British Pugwash Trust, has written for Responsible Science about the risks of ‘killer robots’ and the UN’s COMEST Commissions […]

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Student Pugwashites attended arms control winter course in Italy (ISODARCO 2019)

Published on 23rd January 2019 in Trident, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, Verification, NPT, Current projects – feed, Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events

Three members of Student/Young Pugwash UK attended the prestigious International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO), held in Trento, Italy from 6th to 13th January 2019. ISODARCO is an annual, intensive course for scholars and practitioners, featuring high-profile lecturers from around the world. The title of this year’s course was: “THE PAST AND […]

Rotblat Memorial Lecture – ‘Cold War Nuclear Confrontation: Lessons for Today’ – 21st November 2018

Published on 5th December 2018 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, NPT, Events, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events

On 21st November, British Pugwash was delighted to co-organise with the Polish Embassy UK the Sir Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture. This year’s topic was: ‘Joseph Rotblat and the Cold War Nuclear Confrontation: Lessons for Today’ Our guest speaker was Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMG. Sir Rodric’s distinguished career included stints as the UK Ambassador in Moscow […]

British Pugwash Annual Report 2016

Published on 9th August 2017 in Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry, International Peace & Security, Recently published

Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene; Trident: emerging technologies; the NPT RevCon and the Disarmament Institute(BRINDI); science and ethics; energy policy and climate change

Challenges to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – Pugwash event at University of Nottingham

Published on 5th March 2017 in Nuclear Weapons, NPT, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events

On 1st March, Student / Young Pugwash held a joint event with the Centre for Conflict, Security and Terrorism (CST) at University of Nottingham. The guest speaker was Peter Jenkins, who spoke about the history, successes and challenges of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Peter, who is now Chair of British Pugwash, is a former UK Ambassador […]