The 12th Joseph Rotblat Lecture at the Hay Festival, held on 2 June 2016 in cooperation with WMD Awareness, featured William Perry, Bill Clinton’s Defence Secretary on ‘My Journey at the Nuclear Brink’, in conversation with Nik Gowing.
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What has become of the July 2015 Nuclear Agreement with Iran?
Published on 1st November 2016 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, Events, Recent events, International Peace & Security
At a British Pugwash discussion meeting on 11 October, Peter Jenkins outlined the status of the agreement made between Iran and the P5+1 in July 2015, to resolve concerns about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme and reviewed its future prospects.
The Syrian Conflict : where from and where to
Published on 16th August 2016 in International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events
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, […]
British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Published on 16th December 2015 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Ethics of Science, Chemical and Biological Weapons, History, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published
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
Published on 1st August 2010 in Publications 2010-2014, International Peace & Security
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2010
Published on 31st May 2010 in Events 2010-2014, International Peace & Security
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.