Russian Pugwash Committee blog

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) //…

We are recruiting motivated young scholars and policy practitioners with diverse backgrounds and expertise, ranging from science and technology to political science and international law. Successful candidates will join existing Board Members in Summer…

There is an urgent need to reverse negative trends and revitalize the arms control and disarmament process. Some people speak about going back to the drawing board, “reinventing” arms control and making it more effective and sustainable. They may well…

January 2021 Breaking a Deadlock to Denuclearization of the Korean PeninsulaNortheast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) as the end goal Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki[1], Professor, Nagasaki University, and a Council Member, Pugwash Conferences on…

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification, in accordance with its Article 10.3. This is a significant milestone in the search for effective…

Over the past decade, geopolitical relations among the major powers have deteriorated and the threshold of nuclear use has lowered due to the near-total erosion of arms control, the modernisation of nuclear arsenals in all P5 states as well as a move, by…

In October 2020 the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin put forward several initiatives aiming to preclude risks related to the dissolution of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the Treaty on Measures for the Further…

Pugwash noteswith deep appreciation the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on October 24, 2020.The Treaty will enter into force ninety days from that date. This will be an…

ThePandemic Policython is a nonpartisan online competition from October 23rd to 25th for students to write proposals for policy-based solutions to today's most pressing challenges. Over the course of the policython, teams of one to four members will hear…

The world is facing an unprecedented crisis on several fronts. Lack of leadership by the United States has intensified many flash points around the world including nuclear threats and the abandonment of arms control negotiations, bio-safety, climate…

The workshop will be held virtually on 25 November 2020, from 9am to 5pm Central European Time (CET).The call is open to: junior diplomats, M.A and PhD students, researchers and professionals with proven experience in the Arms Control…

The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago on 6 and 9 August—where over 170,000 people died—highlighted the dangers for mankind coming from the very existence of nuclear weapons. Drawing its inspiration from the Russell-Einstein Manifesto…