NET Chair Steve Barwick and Tim Street, Secretary of British Pugwash, have collaborated on a blog to make a compelling and urgent case for much greater scrutiny of the UK nuclear weapons programme by Parliamentary Committees. The blog has been published by Rethinking Security.
NET has made a submission to the government’s Strategic Defence Review drawing on its report The Future for UK Defence, Diplomacy and Disarmament – 50 Proposals for a More Peaceful World. The key points are: NET submission to the government’s Strategic Defence Review
MAJOR REPORT – THE FUTURE FOR UK DEFENCE, DIPLOMACY AND DISARMAMENT – LAUNCHED IN HOUSE OF LORDS TODAY TUESDAY 21ST MAY SURVEY OF LEADING OPINION FORMERS – POLITICIANS AND EXPERTS – MAKES 50 PROPOSALS TO REDUCE INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS AND RESTART A PROCESS BACK TOWARDS NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT The Future for UK Defence, Diplomacy and Disarmament – 50 Proposals for a More…
New study shows the challenges teachers face in delivering NDE education and how these may be overcome. It can be argued that teaching about nuclear weapons, including their role and importance, their history and the issues of disarmament raised, have been part of the secondary curricula in England in some subjects, for several years. These subjects include History, Politics, Religious…
Public think more information, education and debate is needed on nuclear weapons as YouGov poll finds most are worried about their possible use New YouGov polling shows more than half of UK adults (56%) are now worried that a nuclear weapon might be used in a conflict in the next two years. The polling, commissioned by independent charity the Nuclear…
Scrapping Trident need not cost jobs, new study shows A report from the Nuclear Education Trust, an independent charity, – launched in Parliament this summer – concludes that it would be possible to disarm the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system without massive job losses, on the basis of evidence from defence diversification projects around the world. The executive summary can be read…
The results of a long-standing study into attitudes within the Labour Party on nuclear disarmament, funded by the Nuclear Education Trust, were presented at a seminar in Portcullis House, London, on 28 February 2017 chaired by Kelvin Hopkins MP. The study’s findings were presented by author Carol Turner, who conducted the study, who explained how Labour’s policy on nuclear weapons began…
This research considered the economic and employment implications for Barrow-in-Furness, where the UK ‘s nuclear submarines are built, if the Trident replacement programme is cancelled. It showed that the submarine shipyard need not close if Trident is not renewed and that regeneration funding at the level of £100 million based on a government defence industrial strategy could replace a thousand…
New study finds role of UK’s nuclear contribution to NATO is ‘exaggerated’ A new report on the contribution that Britain’s nuclear weapons make to the NATO alliance concludes that their political significance ‘may be exaggerated’ and their role in relationships with NATO partners is ‘hotly contested’. The report, published 1st December 2015 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the…
A ground-breaking study into how the UK’s military community views nuclear weapons and disarmament has highlighted significant concerns about the costs and risks of Trident, raising questions about its future. The funding crisis facing the Ministry of Defence means that nuclear weapons spending is increasingly seen as unjustifiable when conventional equipment is needed and many have lost their jobs. The…