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 […]
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Pugwash Peace & Disarmament Conference – Save the date!
Published on 23rd November 2018 in Uncategorised, Disarmament, Events
Student/Young Pugwash UK is collaborating with British Pugwash to host a major, one-day conference exploring the prospects for arms control and disarmament over the coming years. The conference will be on 23rd February 2019 at SOAS, London. Register here. Pugwash Peace & Disarmament Conference will consider cutting-edge issues in nuclear weapons policy and emerging technologies, […]
SYP events – Winter 2018 – space, Nobel, Salisbury, fake news
Published on 17th October 2018 in Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Disarmament, Events, Ethics of Science, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events
8th October, 6pm – 7pm, OC0.01 (The Oculus, University of Warwick) Roundtable discussion: Outer space and society Organised by: Warwick SYP 23rd October, 6:00-7:30. MS.04 (Maths & Stats, University of Warwick) How to win a Nobel Peace Prize? Guest speakers: Dr Rebecca Johnson (ICAN) and Professor John Finney Organised by: Warwick SYP 31st October, 5pm-6:30pm, SOAS London ‘The […]
British Pugwash Newsletter October 2018
Published on 4th October 2018 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction, International Peace & Security, Newsletters
Topics covered in the British Pugwash Late 2018 Newsletter include: The state of the Iran nuclear deal Nuclear power – future prospects Researchers oppose EU military research programme Killer robots (guest piece by Article 36) Upcoming events Download here
British Pugwash Newsletter January 2018
Published on 19th July 2018 in Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, Student Young Pugwash Events
Topics covered in the British Pugwash Early 2018 Newsletter include: Joseph Rotblat memorial plaque The Biological Weapons Convention – A new work programme Reports from BPG Exec members PeaceJam UK Conference SYP Annual Conference Download here
New podcast – Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness!
Published on 18th June 2018 in Trident, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, British Pugwash projects, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events
British Pugwash was the host of a major, public awareness campaign for over 10 years – WMD Awareness – which educated the public and politicians about the reality of nuclear (and other) weapons. One of the leading lights of the initiative – Luke Wilson – has made a fantastic podcast about the history and insights […]