Kit Hill, Professor Pugwash: The Man Who Fought Nukes. Written for people of all ages and with the science accessibly explained, Kit Hill’s biographical sketch is a delightful introduction to one of the major figures of our times.
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Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? Nuclear weapons decision-making in Europe
Published on 19th July 2008 in Nuclear Weapons, Events 2006-2009
A session of the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona on 19 July 2008, organised by British and French Pugwash and the WMD Awareness Programme, discussed the way in which scientific and technical considerations are used in nuclear weapons decision-making in Europe, and contrasted it with the situation in the US.
A Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone
Published on 17th June 2008 in Disarmament, Events 2006-2009, Weapons of Mass Destruction
British Pugwash and SOAS co-hosted a public conference on Disarmament and a Possible WMDFZ in the Middle East in London on 17th June 2008.
Joseph Rotblat Centenary Year
Published on 8th April 2008 in Trident, Events 2006-2009, Chemical and Biological Weapons
At a special meeting at University College London on 8 April 2008 to launch the Joseph Rotblat Centenary Year, speakers were Nobel Laureate Prof. Sir John Sulston, Prof. Alistair Hay and John Ainslie.
Robert Hinde – Letter to the Guardian
Published on 23rd January 2008 in Nuclear Weapons, Publications 2006-2009
Letter: Robert Hinde, Chair, British Pugwash Group, to The Guardian, 23 January 2008. Five retired military commanders comment on Nato strategy to counter international terrorism.
Letters – Nuclear Weapons
Published on 12th March 2007 in Nuclear Weapons, Publications 2006-2009
Letter: Robert Hinde ‘Nuclear Weapons’, The Independent, 12 March 2007