News from SYP UK – social media paper published, Nicolas in Russia

Over the next twelve months, Student/Young Pugwash UK will be publishing ideas and research from our members about the risks and opportunities of emerging technologies.

Our first paper is a think piece by Dávid Almási, an undergraduate at University of Warwick, who considers whether changes in mass communication technologies will affect how governments justify but also respond to the possession and use of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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In other news, SYP UK President Nicolas Arboleda visited Russia this summer and met with SYP and senior Pugwashites in St Petersburg and Moscow. He discussed potential collaboration between SYP UK and SYP Russia on research and events.

A summary of one of his meetings has been posted on the Russian Pugwash website.

Read the summary