Key topics: Verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement and energy strategies. Key discussion meetings included: the launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat; ‘The Lessons of Fukushima’, and ‘Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity’
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The foreign-policy implications of the Trident replacement debate
Published on 30th March 2013 in Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
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.
A Nuclear Weapons Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead
Published on 12th March 2013 in Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Events 2010-2014, Events 2013-2014
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?
Verification of Nuclear Weapon Dismantlement: Peer Review of the UK MoD Programme
Published on 1st November 2012 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Publications 2010-2014
UK MoD invited a British Pugwash working group to undertake an independent peer review of its past decade’s work towards developing a credible technical framework for the verification of dismantlement of nuclear weapons. The report presents our conclusions.
British Pugwash Newsletter September 2012
Published on 16th September 2012 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Newsletters
Topics include: report on audit of UK MoD’s programme on Verification of Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons; participation with the Tricycle Theatre in “Nuclear Season” of plays, films and exhibitions; launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat, Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience
Rose Gottemoeller: progress towards ‘nuclear zero’
Published on 10th June 2012 in Nuclear Weapons, Verification, Disarmament, Events 2010-2014
Rose Gottemoeller: progress towards ‘nuclear zero’. This year’s Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture at the Hay Festival on 10 June was given by Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security in the Obama Administration, and US Chief Negotiator for the new START treaty. This annual lecture is organized by WMD Awareness and […]