On 21 September President Putin said: “If the territorial integrity of our nation is threatened, we will certainly use all the means that we have to defend Russia and our people.” On 30 September he reiterated the point at the signing of treaties for the accession to the Russian Federation of the Donetsk and Lugansk […]
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Pugwash note on the outcome of the 10th NPT Review Conference
Published on 1st September 2022 in Nuclear Weapons, NPT, Disarmament, International Peace & Security
Pugwash notes with regret that the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have not been able to achieve consensus on a Final Document at the Tenth Review Conference. The NPT is an important element of the multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation regime, and all Parties must continue to support it in […]
Pugwash at the 2022 NPT Review Conference
Published on 17th August 2022 in Disarmament, NPT, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Recently published
On 12 August 2022 International Pugwash co-hosted a meeting with the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in the sidelines of the 10th Review Conference of the NPT. More than 50 delegates and experts attended the event, which featured presentations by Professor Paolo Cotta Ramusino (Pugwash Secretary-General), Ambassador Wael Al Assad (Senior Adviser […]
Pugwash Note on Present Dangers
Published on 27th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, International Peace & Security, Recently published
The below Pugwash Note was written by Sergio Duarte, President, and Dr Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Secretary-General, of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The present global situation is very dangerous. Not since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis have we had such a dangerous environment. But while the Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days, […]
British Pugwash Lecture at Hay – Prof. Dominic Lieven (29th May)
Published on 10th May 2022 in History, Forthcoming events, International Peace & Security
This year’s British Pugwash Lecture at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts will be given by Professor Dominic Lieven. He will be presenting his latest work In the Shadow of the Gods. This is an account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires. The book probes the essence of leadership […]
A reminder of why nuclear weapons must never be used (VIDEO)
Published on 28th April 2022 in Nuclear Weapons, International Peace & Security
In the video below, Dr Ira Helfand, co-chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility, offers a timely reminder of the horrifying power of thermonuclear weapons and of the dire consequences of the political irresponsibility that has left Russia and the United States in possession of 10,000+ nuclear warheads thirty years […]