The 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: what should we expect and what should the UK’s priorities be? GUEST SPEAKERS: Dr Alice Spilman, Policy Fellow, BASIC Dr Hassan Elbahtimy, Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College London Tuesday, 24 March 2026, House of Commons PATRONS: FABIAN HAMILTON MP, RICHARD FOORD MP, RT HON SIR JULIAN LEWIS MP, […]
Register here to join the webinar via zoom. Speakers: Paul Ingram (CSER) and David Cullen (BASIC) Description: Our speakers will provide an update on the UK’s nuclear weapons system, and the replacement programme, with a focus on US technological dependence. They will review Euro-Atlantic relations and how recent political developments could affect the UK’s nuclear future. […]
You are invited to the 9th Annual Student / Young Pugwash Conference! The venue is London Metropolitan University (Holloway campus, Room TM3-03). Registration will take place from 9.30am and the first session will start at 10am. The event will end at 5pm followed by a social at a nearby venue. The conference theme is ‘How can we control and eliminate […]
On 5 December Dr Marion Messmer discussed Europe’s options after: the collapse of the INF Treaty; an increase in investment in missile technologies across the European continent; and declining confidence in the US nuclear umbrella, at a time of regional and global instability. Biography Dr Marion Messmer is a senior research fellow in the International Security Programme at Chatham House. She has […]
Each year, Student / Young Pugwash (SYP-UK) organises a conference on international security. The subject of the 8th annual conference, held in 2025 at King’s College London, was ‘Stepping Back from the Brink: Fresh Thinking on Peace and Disarmament’. Our aim was to encourage new thinking on the legal, political and technical questions associated with […]
We asked one of the speakers at the Pugwash / Royal Society event marking the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, Tong Zhao, to elaborate on his remarks in writing. The article below was originally published on the Ambassador Partnership’s website. … Efforts to reduce nuclear dangers face stiff headwinds as most nuclear armed states […]
