General Sir Hugh Beach challenges the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, arguing that nuclear weapons have never acted as a ‘credible’ deterrent.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh, Trident – should we keep it?
Published on 23rd June 2011 in Trident, Events 2010-2014
Together with the WMD Awareness Programme, British Pugwash co-sponsored this ‘mock trial’ of Trident in Edinburgh on 23 June. Professor Michael Clarke, Director of the Royal United Services Institute, made the ‘no’ case, with the ‘yes’ arguments being put by former UK Defence Secretary and Secretary General of NATO Lord Robertson of Port Ellen.
Briefings on Nuclear Security
Published on 1st June 2011 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Publications 2010-2014
Background briefings produced in conjunction with the Nuclear Weapons Policy Liaison Group aim to inform British parliamentarians on the UK’s nuclear weapons policy and its context.
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2011
Published on 16th May 2011 in Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Events 2010-2014
The annual Rotblat lecture at the Hay Festival featured Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director General of the IAEA, live from Cairo in discussion with Jon Snow. Dr ElBaradei’s book, The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times, the ‘Arab Spring’, and his candidacy in the 2011 Egyptian elections were among the subjects covered.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2011
Published on 1st May 2011 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports
Key topics: UK related nuclear weapons issues, particularly government’s decision to proceed with renewing Trident; non-proliferation and disarmament issues. New themes: future of UK energy policy; climate change and planetary boundaries
The future of Trident
Published on 23rd February 2011 in Trident, Events 2010-2014
General Sir Hugh Beach, former Master-General of the Ordnance and Dr Nick Ritchie, Bradford Disarmament Research Centre addressed a British Pugwash discussion meeting at University College London.