Video: Annie Jacobsen on ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’, 12 June
British Pugwash and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament hosted an evening of discussion with Annie Jacobsen, author of the international bestseller ‘Nuclear War – A Scenario’. A chilling, minute-by-minute account of what follows a nuclear attack, the book exposes the horrifying realities of such a war. Watch the video here: With the rising threat of […]
Video: Annual Lecture with Dr David Ellwood, 14 May
At our 2025 Annual Lecture on Wednesday 14 May, Dr David Ellwood spoke on: ‘Is even a minimal nuclear deterrent MAD?’ You can watch the video here: Outline The five recognized nuclear weapons states have a legal obligation to pursue disarmament under Article VI of the NPT, but as the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic […]
The Case for Parliament to Scrutinise the UK’s Nuclear Weapons Programme
This article, by Steve Barwick and Dr Tim Street, first appeared in the Rethinking Security blog edited by Richard Reeve. … Over the last few months military spending has catapulted up the political agenda. The UK Government’s plans to increase the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) budget to 2.5% of GDP and divert funds from the overseas aid […]
Review of the 8th Annual SYP Conference: ‘Stepping back from the brink of nuclear war: fresh thinking on peace and disarmament’
The conference took place at King’s College London on March 15th. The theme of the conference was ‘Stepping back from the brink of nuclear war: fresh thinking on peace and disarmament’ The aim of the event was to encourage discussion on the legal, political and technical questions associated with this topic, with a focus on […]
France’s Nuclear Umbrella Offer to other European States
As noted in a post on this site on 14 March, recent developments in relations between the United States and Europe have prompted President Macron to offer (as he did in 2020) to make France’s nuclear forces available for the defence of Europe. This post touches briefly on some of the issues that lie at […]
Video: Dr Hans Blix, ‘A Farewell to Wars,’ April 2nd
You can watch the video of our recent webinar with Dr Hans Blix (on April 2nd) below: Dr Blix explained the central thoughts and findings in his book ‘A Farewell to Wars. The Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force’. Biography Dr Blix studied at the universities of Uppsala, Columbia and Cambridge, and was appointed to an associate […]