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Conference workshops – Afternoon – 23rd February 2019

Published on 13th January 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Disarmament, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Remote Control Weaponry, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events

Workshop A: Emerging technologies The proposed treaty on autonomous weapons (‘killer robots’) – Ben Donaldson – United Nations Association UK Social Media: Weapon of Mass confusion – David Almassi – Warwick Pugwash Malware Proliferation and Challenges to International Security: Understanding the Impact on Critical Infrastructure – Muhammed Ali – Plymouth University Emerging technologies: Making nuclear weapons irrelevant? […]

SYP UK papers from Kazakhstan conference published

Published on 21st December 2018 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, British Pugwash projects, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events, Recently published

In August 2017, senior and youth members of International Pugwash met in Astana, Kazakhstan, for the 62nd Pugwash Conference – ‘Confronting New Nuclear Dangers’ (multimedia here). Russian Pugwash has recently published a selection of papers from the conference, in their new publication ‘Global and regional security issues and prospects for cooperation’. Within the collection is a […]

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Nottingham meeting, 6/12/18: Self-driving cars, drones and ‘Killer Robots’

Published on 10th December 2018 in Events, Disarmament, Ethics of Science, British Pugwash projects, International Peace & Security, Remote Control Weaponry, Student Young Pugwash Events

On 6th December, Pugwashite Professor John Finney (Physics, UCL) spoke to Physics students at University of Nottingham about some of the complex ethical and legal questions raised by emerging technologies, particularly remotely-controlled and autonomous vehicles (including weapons systems). John recently contributed to a UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology study, focusing […]

Rotblat Memorial Lecture – ‘Cold War Nuclear Confrontation: Lessons for Today’ – 21st November 2018

Published on 5th December 2018 in Verification, Nuclear Weapons, 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 Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Verification, 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 […]