The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit of the 50th…
Note on Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
January 2021 Breaking a Deadlock to Denuclearization of the Korean PeninsulaNortheast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) as the end…
On the Iran Nuclear Agreement and Middle Eastern Security
This is a very short note addressing the issue of the Iran nuclear agreement and pointing out some key issues…
Pugwash document on cyber security and warfare
The document below is the result of several discussions inside Pugwash, including three specific workshops in 2018 (Geneva), 2019 (Bariloche) and…
75 years after
The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago on 6 and 9 August—where over 170,000 people died—highlighted the…
65 years after the Russell-Einstein Manifesto: where are we now?
On July 9, 1955, two of the most eminent intellectuals of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, issued…
Pugwash document on the NPT Review Conference Postponement and Risks after the Pandemic
6 May 2020 This is a Pugwash document concerning nuclear problems and tensions in the time of COVID-19. This document…
Remembering Jack Steinberger (1921-2020)
Pugwash mourns the passing of Nobel Laureate Jack Steinberger, who died on December 12, 2020, at his home in Geneva…
Iranian physicist killed in a terrorist attack
The terrorist attack in Iran that killed the physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh had the main effect of increasing tensions and even the…
Remembering Academician Vladimir Fortov (1946-2020)
The Russian Pugwash Committee under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) deeply mourns the death of the…
Pugwash Note on The Deposit of the 50th Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty on The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
Pugwash notes with deep appreciation the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of…
Former German disarmament diplomats call for increased efforts to reduce nuclear dangers
Berlin, 5 August 2020. Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The…
Pugwash condolences on the passing of Bruce Blair
The Pugwash community is deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Bruce Blair, a tireless and effective advocate…
Pugwash Delegation in Vienna for arms control meetings
On 21-23 June 2020, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta Ramusino and Pugwash Council Member Sergey Batsanov visited Vienna and had meetings…
Statement on the Open Skies Treaty
24 May 2020 After the Open Skies Treaty, What Fate for New START? A Treaty on Open Skies was initially…
