Deterrence and defence policies are at the core of Britain’s Trident replacement policy debates. The strategic foreign policy implications of the replacement debate for Britain also require closer consideration. These were some of the conclusions of an IISS discussion meeting at Arundel House on ‘The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate’ on 13 March.
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A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead
The launch of Dr Nick Ritchie’s book A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead (Palgrave, 2012) addressed the question: Why is the UK still committed to nuclear weapons, what are the prospects for a change in UK policy, and what does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?
British Pugwash Newsletter September 2011
Topics include: Planetary Boundaries, The Future of Trident; 59th Pugwash conference
What price nuclear blackmail?
General Sir Hugh Beach challenges the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, arguing that nuclear weapons have never acted as a ‘credible’ deterrent.
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Trident – should we keep it?
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
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.