The annual lecture was given by Professor Paul Rogers. His talk is entitled: ‘The World We Have Versus the World We Need’ Watch it here: Paul provided an analysis of the triple problem facing us – a deeply divided world of runaway wealth and mass marginalisation facing environmental limits to growth at a time of excess […]
The Eleventh Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT RevCon) ended on 22 May. The UN have produced materials explaining what happened at the conference. Whilst the RevCon appeared to have failed as it ended without an agreement on outcomes- resulting from the extremely challenging political context- there were also […]
Contents 1. Summary: All Party Parliamentary Forum on Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control 2. Video of webinar: ‘The future of the UK’s nuclear weapons: is there an alternative to US dependence?’ 3. Review: 9th Annual Student and Young Pugwash Conference 4. Recent articles and publications of note 5. Annual General Meeting 6. Annual membership […]
The venue for our conference, held on 20 March 2026, was London Metropolitan University. The conference theme was ‘How can we control and eliminate weapons of mass destruction over the next decade?’ The aim of the event was to encourage critical discussion of the legal, political and technical questions associated with nuclear weapons and other WMD, with […]
The 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: what should we expect and what should the UK’s priorities be? Read the summary of this meeting here. GUEST SPEAKERS: Dr Alice Spilman, Policy Fellow, BASIC Dr Hassan Elbahtimy, Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College London Tuesday, 24 March 2026, House of Commons PATRONS: FABIAN HAMILTON MP, RICHARD FOORD […]
Our speakers – Paul Ingram (CSER) and David Cullen (BASIC) – provided an update on the UK’s nuclear weapons system, and the replacement programme, with a focus on US technological dependence. They reviewed Euro-Atlantic relations and how recent political developments could affect the UK’s nuclear future. In addition, they considered whether it would be realistic for […]
