Professor John Simpson provides a guide to the nuclear implications of the government’s October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
War is not inevitable
Published on 1st August 2010 in Publications 2010-2014, International Peace & Security
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
What did the NPT Review Conference achieve?
Published on 16th June 2010 in NPT, Events 2010-2014
The discussion meeting after the British Pugwash AGM focused on ‘The 2010 NPT Review Conference: consequences for the future of disarmament and non-proliferation’. Speakers included Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Geneva Centre for Security Policy; previously UK Ambassador to the IAEA; Carol Naughton, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy; and Prof. John Simpson, Mountbatten Centre for International Studies.
Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture 2010
Published on 31st May 2010 in Events 2010-2014, International Peace & Security
This annual lecture at the Guardian Hay Festival was given this year by Basharat Peer, author of Curfewed Night, a memoir about the struggle for justice in Kashmir.
Armed robots and military nanotechnology
Published on 26th May 2010 in Events 2010-2014, Remote Control Weaponry
At a British Pugwash discussion meeting at which Prof. Jürgen Altmann of the Faculty of Physics, Technische Universität Dortmund reviewed the military uses of robots, particularly uninhabited vehicles (UAVs) and their potential future role in and influence on warfare, and the possibilities of their preventive limitation.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Published on 1st May 2010 in Trident, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry
Key topics: Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the runup to the May 2010 NPT Review Conference; Report: The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK; mapping disarmament in the UK