At a British Pugwash discussion meeting on 11 October, Peter Jenkins outlined the status of the agreement made between Iran and the P5+1 in July 2015, to resolve concerns about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme and reviewed its future prospects.
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British Pugwash Newsletter October 2016
Published on 27th October 2016 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, Disarmament, Publications, Ethics of Science, BRINDI, Newsletters, Recently published
British Pugwash Newsletter October 2016 Topics include: New Chair of British Pugwash; Emerging technologies and the nuclear debate; COMEST and robotics; Student/Young Pugwash: first annual conference; Climate change and the Global Energy Calculator
British Pugwash Annual Report 2015
Published on 19th July 2016 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published
Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene with major implications for British Pugwash; Trident update; the 2015 NPT Review Conference; the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics, including autonomous weapons; chemical weapons; UK and European energy policy.
British Pugwash Workshop on Emerging Undersea Technologies
Published on 19th July 2016 in Trident, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Recent events
A Brititish Pugwash workshop in May 2016 assessed current and emerging undersea technologies, their likely future direction of travel, and the implications of developments in sensing, computing and communications for the undersea battle space.
Trident submarines: will its successor be obsolete by the time it arrives?
Published on 13th July 2016 in Trident, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Recent events
At a British Pugwash discussion meeting on 13 June at University College London, Julian Borger, the Guardian’s world affairs editor, spoke on advances in drone warfare and underwater surveillance which call into question the Successor’s stealth.
British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Published on 16th December 2015 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Ethics of Science, Chemical and Biological Weapons, History, International Peace & Security, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, Recently published
Topics include: WMDA Talking Trident and Ambassadors’ programmes; the ethics of developing technologies; Syria’s chemical weapons; Ukraine; relaunching Student/Young Pugwash; global energy calculator