On 12 August 2022 International Pugwash co-hosted a meeting with the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in the sidelines of the 10th Review Conference of the NPT. More than 50 delegates and experts attended the event, which featured presentations by Professor Paolo Cotta Ramusino (Pugwash Secretary-General), Ambassador Wael Al Assad (Senior Adviser […]
Pugwash Note on Present Dangers
Published on 27th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, International Peace & Security, Recently published
The below Pugwash Note was written by Sergio Duarte, President, and Dr Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Secretary-General, of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The present global situation is very dangerous. Not since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis have we had such a dangerous environment. But while the Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days, […]
Young citizen journalists reporting from international disarmament conferences
Published on 10th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, Student Young Pugwash Events, Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events
Atomic Reporters & SYP UK Partnership: Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK is pleased to support the work of Atomic Reporters (here), who will be sending a team of citizen journalists to Vienna to cover three back-to-back disarmament conferences this month. From mid-June, the team from Atomic Reporters will be at: The first meeting of member states […]
SYP UK appoint new leadership team
Published on 7th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, Student Young Pugwash Events
Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK has appointed a new Executive Board. The Board will provide strategic leadership and coordinate the activities of SYP UK members and affiliated groups across the country. Members of the Executive Board are: Emily Faux Emily is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University, researching the intersection between nuclear weapons and popular culture. […]
British Pugwash Lecture at Hay – Prof. Dominic Lieven (29th May)
Published on 10th May 2022 in History, International Peace & Security
This year’s British Pugwash Lecture at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts will be given by Professor Dominic Lieven. He will be presenting his latest work In the Shadow of the Gods. This is an account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires. The book probes the essence of leadership […]
A reminder of why nuclear weapons must never be used (VIDEO)
Published on 28th April 2022 in Nuclear Weapons, International Peace & Security
In the video below, Dr Ira Helfand, co-chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility, offers a timely reminder of the horrifying power of thermonuclear weapons and of the dire consequences of the political irresponsibility that has left Russia and the United States in possession of 10,000+ nuclear warheads thirty years […]