Topics include: Trident renewal; non-proliferation and disarmament; the military robotics debate; Launch of expert report Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies.
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Hans Blix The outlook for peace and disarmament
Published on 26th May 2013 in Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
Dr Hans Blix, the former UN Chief Weapons Inspector who led the inspections in Iraq in 2002-03, gave the 9th Joseph Rotblat lecture at Hay Literary Festival on 26 May 2013. He said he would vote for a place for the UK in the Guinness Book of Records, if it dropped the plan to renew […]
British Pugwash Annual Report 2012
Published on 1st May 2013 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Verification, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Annual reports, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Key topics: Verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement and energy strategies. Key discussion meetings included: the launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat; ‘The Lessons of Fukushima’, and ‘Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity’
The link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the NPT: is there consensus behind the conflict?
Published on 1st May 2013 in Disarmament, NPT, Publications 2010-2014, Publications 2013-2014
Final report of a British Pugwash Group project that aimed identify possible grounds for a new consensus on the link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with consideration for the potential role of the UK.
The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate
Published on 30th March 2013 in Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
Deterrence and defence policies are at the core of Britain’s Trident replacement policy debates. The strategic foreign policy implications of the replacement debate for Britain also require closer consideration. These were some of the conclusions of an IISS discussion meeting at Arundel House on ‘The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate’ on 13 March.
A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead
Published on 12th March 2013 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
The launch of Dr Nick Ritchie’s book A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead (Palgrave, 2012) addressed the question: Why is the UK still committed to nuclear weapons, what are the prospects for a change in UK policy, and what does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?