Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies returned to address a British Pugwash Discussion Meeting at University College London.
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British Pugwash Newsletter September 2011
Topics include: Planetary Boundaries, The Future of Trident; 59th Pugwash conference
Rotblat – a nuclear physicist in the public eye 1944-1957
At the Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Science, Exeter, British Pugwash organised a session on ‘Rotblat – a nuclear physicist in the public eye 1944-1957’.
Mapping Disarmament in the UK
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.
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2011
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
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