the following event shoudl be very interesting
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - British Pugwash Group
A Discussion Meeting featuring:
General Sir Hugh Beach, former Master-General of the Ordnance
Dr Nick Ritchie, Bradford Disarmament Research Centre
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 17.30-19.30
Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing
University College London
Gower Street, WC1
(Nearest undergrounds: Euston Square and Warren Street)
The discussion meeting will be preceded by the British Pugwash AGM
(members only) from 15.45-16.45, also in the Garwood Lecture
Theatre, University College London
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
Admission is free. No advance booking is necessary.
It would, however, help the organizers if those planning to attend could
inform the British Pugwash Office.
Tel: 020 7405 6661; Email: office@britishpugwash.org;
Web: www.britishpugwash.org
The future of
Trident
Objective of the Meeting:
The recent Strategic Defence and Security Review announced significant changes for
the UK’s nuclear weapons system. The speakers will lead a discussion on the
implications of these changes for the Trident replacement programme, whether the
UK still needs an expensive nuclear arsenal, and what cheaper and simpler
alternatives might be available.
Speakers:
Sir Hugh Beach spent 40 years in the British Army, including service in World War
II. Later he spent three years as director of the Council for Arms Control. He is now
on the management committees of the British Pugwash Group, VERTIC,
ACRONYM and the Council for Christian Approaches to Defence and Disarmament.
Dr Nick Ritchie is a Research Fellow at the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre
within the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford specialising in
nuclear proliferation, control and disarmament. He previously worked for the Oxford
Research Group and is now Hon. Secretary of the British Pugwash Group.
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