The fifth London Conference on this important and difficult issue was again organised by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, and co-sponsored by British Pugwash.
The Nuclear Implications of the SDSR/NSS
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
Three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”
What did the NPT Review Conference achieve?
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
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
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.