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British Pugwash Newsletter March 2019

Published on 27th March 2019 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published

Topics covered in the British Pugwash Spring 2019 Newsletter include: Delegation to Moscow to discuss arms control Hypersonic missiles and strategic stability – new research British Pugwash Annual General Meeting + Public Lecture Student/Young Pugwash UK – Conference Report Rotblat Memorial Lecture – A review ‘Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control’ – Germany The newsletter can […]

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 […]

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 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