Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow at the James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies, Monterey Institute, addressed a British Pugwash discussion meeting at University College London on the pragmatic question of whether nuclear weapons are effective and of economic or political value, setting aside the many moral arguments that can be made.
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The Nuclear Implications of the SDSR/NSS
Published on 1st October 2010 in Nuclear Weapons, Publications 2010-2014
Professor John Simpson provides a guide to the nuclear implications of the government’s October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Published on 1st May 2010 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry
Key topics: Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the runup to the May 2010 NPT Review Conference; Report: The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK; mapping disarmament in the UK
Money spent on Trident can’t go on troops
Published on 1st April 2010 in Trident, Publications 2010-2014
British Pugwash executive committee member Gen. Sir Hugh Beach and three other former senior military commanders publish a letter in The Times questioning if the UK nuclear deterrent is value for money.
The End of Nuclear Sharing? US Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Published on 1st December 2009 in Nuclear Weapons, Publications 2006-2009
General Sir Hugh Beach ‘The End of Nuclear Sharing? US Nuclear Weapons in Europe’ (December 2009) RUSI Journal, Vol 154 (6). Read a short summary
Securing Fissile Materials
Published on 26th November 2009 in Nuclear Weapons, Events 2006-2009, Fissile Materials
26 November 2009. A VERTIC/British Pugwash joint event to launch a new British Pugwash Report, The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK.