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Note on Nuclear Weapon Announcements in the UK’s Integrated Review of Security (May 2021)

Published on 17th May 2021 in Nuclear Weapons, Recently published

The below is a summary of and link to a commentary by Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Chair of British Pugwash. 

Summary

The United Kingdom government recently announced, in the context of an integrated policy review, that it will move to an overall nuclear weapon stockpile of no more than 260 (from a previous target of no more than 180) and that it will extend its longstanding policy of deliberate ambiguity by no longer making public figures for its operational stockpile, deployed warheads and deployed missiles.…

British Pugwash statement on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (March 2021)

Published on 18th March 2021 in Trident, Current projects – feed, Recently published

British Pugwash is troubled to note the UK Government’s decisions, announced in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, to increase the UK’s stockpile of nuclear warheads and no longer to reveal the number of these weapons that will be kept operational.…

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VIDEO: Codes for Coders – Killer robots, ethics and the law (17th Nov)

Published on 9th November 2020 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Current projects – feed, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events

This SYP webinar looked at the role of tech workers and STEM students in efforts to challenge the rise of lethal autonomous weapons (‘killer robots’).

Our guest speaker was Taniel Yusef (WILPF UK), who is researching the views of and current regulatory frameworks for STEMists working on robot-relevant tech.…

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VIDEO: Ethical responsibility in open source (nuclear) research (9th Nov)

Published on 6th November 2020 in Verification, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Ethics of Science, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events

In this webinar, SYP UK hosted Adina Pintilie, who specialises in applying open sources to research tasks at Ridgeway Information (bio here). Her work involves finding new tools and refining novel research techniques, particularly supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).…

Report & Briefings: Pugwash workshop on hypersonic weapons

Published on 2nd November 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Current projects – feed, Weapons of Mass Destruction, International Peace & Security, Recently published

hypersonic missileIn December 2019, International Pugwash hosted a workshop on hypersonic weapons in Geneva.

The meeting brought together 30 participants from various continents, including current and former government officials, scientists, engineers, academics and experts from think tanks and other non-governmental organisations.…