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 with a focus on non-proliferation and disarmament issues.
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Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2011
Published on 16th May 2011 in Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Events 2010-2014
The annual Rotblat lecture at the Hay Festival featured Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director General of the IAEA, live from Cairo in discussion with Jon Snow. Dr ElBaradei’s book, The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times, the ‘Arab Spring’, and his candidacy in the 2011 Egyptian elections were among the subjects covered.
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
Addressing current disarmament and non-proliferation Issues
Published on 29th November 2010 in Disarmament, NPT, Events 2010-2014
British Pugwash co-sponsored, with the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the inaugural UK discussion of the International Network of Emerging Nuclear Specialists (INENS).
A Middle East weapons of mass destruction free zone
Published on 25th October 2010 in Disarmament, Events 2010-2014, Weapons of Mass Destruction
The fifth London Conference on this important and difficult issue was again organised by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, and co-sponsored by British Pugwash.
What did the NPT Review Conference achieve?
Published on 16th June 2010 in NPT, Events 2010-2014
The discussion meeting after the British Pugwash AGM focused on ‘The 2010 NPT Review Conference: consequences for the future of disarmament and non-proliferation’. Speakers included Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Geneva Centre for Security Policy; previously UK Ambassador to the IAEA; Carol Naughton, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy; and Prof. John Simpson, Mountbatten Centre for International Studies.