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Pugwash news in June: Iran visit, Prof Finney on killer robots, President on NPT

Published on 17th July 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Current projects – feed, NPT, Publications, International Peace & Security, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, Recently published

Item 1: Iran visit – International Pugwash visited Tehran (Iran) for a two-day meeting to discuss the JCPOA (the ‘Iran Deal’) – Meeting notes and photos here Item 2: Killer robots – Professor John Finney, of the British Pugwash Trust, has written for Responsible Science about the risks of ‘killer robots’ and the UN’s COMEST Commissions […]

Pugwash at APPG on drones: ‘Drones, swarming and the future of warfare’

Published on 12th July 2019 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Current projects – feed, Events, British Pugwash projects, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events

Our Executive Committee member, Sebastian Brixey-Williams, spoke about some of his recent research on marine drones to a meeting organised by three different All Party Parliamentary Groups. The presentation touched on some of his Pugwash-funded research on how trends in unmanned underwater vehicles might impact submarine-based nuclear weapons systems. A summary of the meeting is […]

Video: Student Pugwash at UK PONI Conference on British nuclear policy!

Published on 26th June 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, Events, Student Young Pugwash Events

Jana Wattenberg, the Student/Young Pugwash representative at Aberystwyth University, spoke at this year’s UK PONI Conference, the premier national forum for emerging experts in the nuclear policy community. Her talk, on ‘The UK and the Ban Treaty’ was included in Session One on ‘UK Nuclear Policy and Practice’ (programme here) Video below – Starts at 18:00 […]

British Pugwash Annual Report 2018

Published on 9th May 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Annual reports, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Publications, Weapons of Mass Destruction, International Peace & Security, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events

Key topics include: developments on the international scene, including US and Russia; Student / Young Pugwash activities; WMD Awareness – the podcast; Events; BPG development – eg. Business Development Plan; International Pugwash activities. Download or read the report

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The Salisbury poisonings – Multimedia from public lecture – SOAS, 15th April 2019

Published on 3rd May 2019 in Current projects – feed, Events, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Publications, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Recently published

On 26th April 2019, British Pugwash co-hosted a public lecture at SOAS, titled: The Salisbury poisonings – one year after  Click for audio and slides Our guest speaker was Dr Richard Guthrie, a member of British Pugwash Executive Committee and an expert on chemical and biological weapons. The talk covered some of the events during […]

British Pugwash Newsletter March 2019

Published on 27th March 2019 in Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, 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 […]