Amb. Peter Jenkins, twice British Ambassador in the UK Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, from 2001 to 2006, and a current member of the British Pugwash Executive Committee outlines the lessons that can be learned from the difficult and prolonged process of negotiation between Iran, the P5+1and the EU.
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British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Published on 16th December 2015 in Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, NPT, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Ethics of Science, History, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published
Topics include: WMDA Talking Trident and Ambassadors’ programmes; the ethics of developing technologies; Syria’s chemical weapons; Ukraine; relaunching Student/Young Pugwash; global energy calculator
International Student/Young Pugwash workshop, Pugwash, Nova Scotia 12-13 July 2015
Published on 26th August 2015 in Disarmament, Student Young Pugwash Events
Alexandra Tsamados, British Pugwash Student & Youth Coordinator reports on an International Student/Young Pugwash Workshop: “Strengthening the young disarmament network”, held at the Thinkers Lodge, Pugwash, Nova Scotia on the 12-13 July 2015. The meeting brought together nine students from Canada, the USA, the UK and Israel, to discuss ways to enhance the network of […]
British Pugwash Annual Report 2014
Published on 23rd June 2015 in Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Ethics of Science, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published
Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene with major implications for British Pugwash; Trident and the General Election; the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics, including the military robotics debate; UK and European energy policy. Read or download the report (pdf)
Mapping Disarmament in the UK
Published on 19th February 2015 in Projects 2009-2012 – feed, Disarmament
In response to a high level request for an overview of UK non-governmental work on nuclear disarmament, British Pugwash has produced a directory of the UK-based NGOs and individual experts that have a focus on the non-proliferation and disarmament of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
Published on 19th February 2015 in Projects 2009-2012 – feed, Disarmament, NPT
This project aimed to promote European dialogue for progress in the May 2010 NPT Review Conference. It was led by the President of International Pugwash, Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala, who chaired the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).