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Video: The pandemic and non-proliferation (SYP webinar)

Published on 3rd July 2020 in Trident, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Events, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, Recently published, Student Young Pugwash Events

SYP UK held its first webinar, on the topic how COVID-19 is affecting the fields of arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament (16th June 2020)

The guest speaker was Sebastian Brixey-Williams, Co-Director of the arms control think tank British American Security Information Council (BASIC).

Discussion topics included:

  • The pandemic’s effect on arms control and non-proliferation initiatives
  • Implications of the postponement of key international meetings (eg. NPT RevCon 2020, P5 Process)
  • Potential impacts of COVID-19 on the UK’s nuclear policies, such as Continuous-At-Sea-Deterrence