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Multimedia from Technology & Peace Conference (SYP UK), 7 March 2020

Published on 17th March 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Disarmament, Events, Ethics of Science, Publications, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events

Student / Young Pugwash UK held its fifth Annual Conference in March 2020, titled ‘Warwick Technology & Peace Conference‘, in association with the Warwick Pugwash Student Society. 

It was a multidisciplinary conference about the risks posted by emerging technologies, as well as political and technical solutions to control them.…

Front of UN HQ in New York

POSTPONED – Non-Proliferation Treaty RevCon 2020 – British Pugwash discussion meeting

Published on 2nd March 2020 in Uncategorised, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Events, Forthcoming events, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events, Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events

In light of government advice on COVID-19 and the fact that the NPT RevCon 2020 has been postponed, we have decided to postpone this event (possibly to next year).

We have also postponed the AGM of British Pugwash, which was supposed to precede this meeting.…

British Pugwash Newsletter – January 2020

Published on 14th January 2020 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Joseph Rotblat: Life & Work, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Publications, Weapons of Mass Destruction, History, Newsletters, Recently published

Topics covered in the British Pugwash January 2020 Newsletter include:

  • New Research: Hypersonic weapon systems – Implications for strategic stability and arms control
  • Researcher job: British Pugwash project on climate change and nuclear weapons
  • Royal Society video of Rees/Cox on Rotblat – Now on YouTube!
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New research: Hypersonic weapon systems – Implications and arms control (Dec 2019)

Published on 17th December 2019 in Nuclear Weapons, Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Disarmament, Current projects – feed, Publications, British Pugwash projects, International Peace & Security, Recently published

Student/Young Pugwash UK is delighted to release a new report on developments with hypersonic missile technology. The paper covers the latest technologies, the key states involved, the risks posed and the potential ways forward for arms control and non-proliferation.…