SYP UK Peace Workshops March 2021 // Registration open!
February 18, 2021
Throughout March, SYP UK will hold a series of online workshops to explore opportunities for international co-operation, arms control and peace in 2021 and beyond.
Russia and the West: Opportunities for co-operation?
Wed 10th March // 2pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
Russia and the West: Opportunities for co-operation?
Wed 10th March // 2pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
- Marion Messner (BASIC, UK) – ‘Trust building between Russia and US: a necessary precondition for future cooperation’
- Segei Rastoltsev (IMEMO, Russia) – ‘Post-Soviet Space Protracted Conflicts in the Russia-West Security Relations’
- William Moon (Simson Center, USA) – ‘Cooperative Nuclear Weapons Reductions – A New Paradigm to Roll Back Nuclear Weapons and Increase Security and Stability’
Cyber and digital technologies in warfare – Responsibility & control
Wed 17th March // 5pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
Wed 17th March // 5pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
- Shira Cohen (Israel SYP) – ‘Cyber arms race: From War Zones to Agreements’
- Dr Lyndon Burford (KCL, UK) – ‘Blockchain in nuclear arms control verification’
- Natalya Samoylovskaya (Russian SYP) - ‘Opportunities and challenges for EU and Russia cooperation in AI research and development’
The Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW) – Successes, values and omissions
Wed 24th March // 3pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
Wed 24th March // 3pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
- Dr Rebecca Johnson (ICAN UK) - 'The Treaty and the campaign'
- Ekaterina Lapanovich (Ural Federal University, Russia) - 'The Quest for Change: Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Norms and the Nuclear Ban'
- Virginia Marie Kerr (Middlebury Institute of International Studies, USA) - 'Atomic Erasure: Visibility and Inclusion in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Weapons'
Nuclear arms control in 2021 and beyond
Wed 24th March // 5pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
Wed 24th March // 5pm GMT (UK) // Register here
Speakers include:
- Ezra Friedman (International SYP) – ‘The JCPOA 2.0 Conundrum’
- Harry Spencer (Leicester University, UK) – Strategic Dilemmas for Nuclear Arms Control in the “New Era of Counterforce”
- Kanica Rakhra (Indian Ministry of External Affairs) – ‘Talking Past Each Other: Track 1 Nuclear Initiatives’
OTHER RECORDS
The "New World Reality" and the History of the Pugwash Movement of Scientists
February 18, 2021
Russian Pugwash Committee
Statement on the situation in Palestine and Israel
February 18, 2021
Russian Pugwash Committee
Communication from the Pugwash Council
February 18, 2021
Russian Pugwash Committee