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Rome Declaration: Humanity at the Threshold: A Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons

ADOPTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE GLOBAL NOBEL LAUREATES ASSEMBLY Borgo Laudato Si’, Vatican – July 2026 PREAMBLE Humanity stands at a defining moment in its history. More than eighty years after the dawn of the nuclear age, and at the threshold of the age of artificial intelligence, we are presented with an unprecedented challenge. […]

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Looking back at the 2026 NPT Review Conference

The Eleventh Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT RevCon) ended on 22 May. The UN have produced materials explaining what happened at the conference. Whilst the RevCon appeared to have failed as it ended without an agreement on outcomes- resulting from the extremely challenging political context- there were also […]

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Summary of Meeting, 24 March: All Party Parliamentary Forum on Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control

The 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: what should we expect and what should the UK’s priorities be?  Read the summary of this meeting here. 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 […]

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Video: ‘The future of the UK’s nuclear weapons: is there an alternative to US dependence?’ Thursday 5 March, 2pm

Our speakers – Paul Ingram (CSER) and David Cullen (BASIC) – provided an update on the UK’s nuclear weapons system, and the replacement programme, with a focus on US technological dependence. They reviewed Euro-Atlantic relations and how recent political developments could affect the UK’s nuclear future. In addition, they considered whether it would be realistic for […]

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Video: Dr Marion Messmer on ‘Euro-Atlantic Nuclear Relations in the Age of Trump’

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 […]

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Tong Zhao: ‘Nuclear Risk Reduction in an Era of Great Power Rivalry’

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 […]