The Warwick Pugwash Student Society (WPSS) held it’s first event on the 22nd of October 2015 at the University of Warwick. The discussion on the long lasting Syrian conflict and its complex pattern of alliances and enmities, was led by Dr Nicola Pratt and gathered over 35 students. Dr Nicola Pratt has extensively researched and written on democratization, […]
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British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Topics include: WMDA Talking Trident and Ambassadors’ programmes; the ethics of developing technologies; Syria’s chemical weapons; Ukraine; relaunching Student/Young Pugwash; global energy calculator
War is not inevitable
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2010
This annual lecture at the Guardian Hay Festival was given this year by Basharat Peer, author of Curfewed Night, a memoir about the struggle for justice in Kashmir.
Connecting Inconvenient Truths: The Urgency of Nuclear Disarmament in a World of Pressing Problems
1 December 2009. Welcome: Lord Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society; Speaker: Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala former UN Under-Secretary General; Chair: Baroness Williams of Crosby, special advisor to the Prime Minister
Ending War
18 November 2009. A CCAD Event presenting British Pugwash President Robert Hinde’s book Ending War: A Recipe.