Robert Hinde, Ending War: A Recipe (December 2008) “Not this year, not in my lifetime, perhaps in yours, and with a strong probability in my grandchildren’s lifetimes, war will be seen as an unacceptable way of settling disputes between states. The aim of this book is to hasten the day.”
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NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Role of Independent Scientists in WMD Threat Assessment
This workshop, held on 13 – 16 November 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia, explored ways to ensure that NATO, Partner, and Mediterranean Dialogue countries maximise the scientific resources available to them, and highlighted ways they can take better advantage of the role of independent scientists in threat assessment.
Joseph Rotblat’s Would-Be Advice to the New President
Joseph Rotblat’s Would-Be Advice to the New President (November 2008) uses quotes from Rotblat to demonstrate the need for leadership on nuclear weapons issues from the next US president. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, web edition, 4 November 2008
Professor Pugwash – The Man Who Fought Nukes
Kit Hill, Professor Pugwash: The Man Who Fought Nukes. Written for people of all ages and with the science accessibly explained, Kit Hill’s biographical sketch is a delightful introduction to one of the major figures of our times.
Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? Nuclear weapons decision-making in Europe
A session of the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona on 19 July 2008, organised by British and French Pugwash and the WMD Awareness Programme, discussed the way in which scientific and technical considerations are used in nuclear weapons decision-making in Europe, and contrasted it with the situation in the US.
A Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone
British Pugwash and SOAS co-hosted a public conference on Disarmament and a Possible WMDFZ in the Middle East in London on 17th June 2008.