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.
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British Pugwash Workshop on Emerging Undersea Technologies
Published on 19th July 2016 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Trident, 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 Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Disarmament, NPT, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Ethics of Science, History, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, 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
70th Anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
Published on 26th August 2015 in Nuclear Weapons, Student Young Pugwash Events
Andreas Tsamados, from the King’s College Student/Young Pugwash group wrote this reflection on the anniversary of the bombings No More Hibakusha
British Pugwash Annual Report 2014
Published on 23rd June 2015 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, Annual reports, BRINDI, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published
Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene with major implications for British Pugwash; Trident and the General Election; the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics, including the military robotics debate; UK and European energy policy. Read or download the report (pdf)