British Pugwash Note on the Absence of Sole Purpose in NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept

Originally published on 3rd November 2022 on the British Pugwash website In June 2022 NATO members adopted an updated Strategic … More

New York meeting on nuclear dangers and the arms control and disarmament architecture

On 12 August 2022 Pugwash co-hosted a meeting with the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in the sidelines … More

Pugwash note on present dangers

23 June 2022 The present global situation is very dangerous. Not since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis have we had … More

Joint Declaration by the Pugwash National Groups of Argentina and Brazil

March 9, 2022 The National Pugwash Groups of Argentina and Brazil declare their deep concern over the military intervention of … More

High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Dangers

8 June 2021 High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons DangersCall for Results-Oriented Dialogue to … More

Pugwash Note on Nuclear Weapon Announcements in the United Kingdom’s Integrated Review of Security

14 May 2021 The below text is the summary and conclusion of a commentary by Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Chair of … More

Pugwash Note on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament

30 January 2021 In early 2021 there is every reason to say that the global arms control and disarmament process, … More

Pugwash Note on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

22 January 2021 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit … More

Pugwash 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 … More

Pugwash Note on The Deposit of the 50th Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty on The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

25 October 2020 Pugwash notes with deep appreciation the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification of the Treaty on … More

75 years after

6 August 2020 The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago on 6 and 9 August—where over 170,000 … More

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 … More

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 … More

Shanghai meeting on arms control

On 4-5 December 2019 Pugwash and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences organized a discussion meeting in Shanghai as … More