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SfP Bulletin February 2017 The President’s Corner: Science for Peace as a Foreign Language Metta Spencer Report of the Working Group on...
Science for Peace
Dec 6, 201925 min read
The President’s Corner: Science for Peace as a Foreign Language
by Metta Spencer If you join a group such as Science for Peace, you have to learn its culture, which is mostly a matter of learning its...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 201710 min read
Report of the Working Group on Global Governance
(2016-09-17) Members: Helmut Burkhardt (chair), Norman Dyson, Rose Dyson, Brydon Gombay, Julia Morton-Marr, Tom Simunovic, Peter Venton,...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20172 min read
Report of the Working Group on Non-violence
(2016-10-25) While anti-militarists are skilled in contesting the West’s armed intervention in Iraq and Syria, many of us are far less...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 201710 min read
Science for Peace Position 2017? NATO, Canada, USA, and Russia
Should Science for Peace, an educational organization promoting non-violence and nuclear disarmament: continue to be silent on Canada’s...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20179 min read
Fact Sheet: A NATO primer
Washington, July 27 — As NATO’s purpose and value continues to be debated throughout the U.S. election campaign, Center for a New...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20175 min read
Report of the Working Group on Oceans and Frontiers
The Ocean of our planetary home is One: the global ocean commons, the common heritage of mankind is a mysterious planetary space and...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20172 min read
Report of the Nuclear Weapons working group
(2017-01-03) As we begin a new year, the formidable task of eliminating nuclear weapons remains before us. 2016 was intense for anyone...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20172 min read
UN Votes to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons in 2017
NEW YORK, October 27, 2016 — The United Nations today adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing...
Science for Peace
Feb 13, 20174 min read
Peter Nicholls (1935–2014)
Almost exactly twenty years ago Peter Nicholls became president of Science for Peace. Unlike most of his predecessors, he was not based...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20164 min read
Panglossing the Climate Emergency Connecting the Crises of Climate Change, Militarization, Extreme P
In his famous satire, Voltaire portrays Dr. Pangloss as the naïve mentor of Candide. Voltaire wrote Candide as a response to...
Science for Peace
May 7, 201624 min read
President's Corner: Controversy and Conversation
What is Science for Peace? A club? A social change action group? A scholarly association? Your answer may reveal your hopes for Science...
Science for Peace
May 7, 201612 min read
Report of the Working Group on Freedom of Research
There are several sides to scientific freedom: freedom to conduct research, access to the physical tools and contact with other...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20163 min read
Report of the Working Group on Drones
Debating armed drones Drones have become ubiquitous and low-cost. They can be as small as birds, carry high resolution cameras, and be...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20162 min read
Report of the Working Group on Community Sustainability
Starting in June 2015 with the task of defining what each of the fifteen of us thought “sustainability” meant, our very diverse group of...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20163 min read
Report of the Working Group on Good Global Governance
It makes sense to regulate international affairs by the rule of global law instead of military might. Most people agree with this...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20163 min read
Report of the Working Group on Oceans Ocean Frontiers: the pragmatic search for peace
Introduction The Ocean, our global commons has long been divided by territorial conflicts and competitive claims over marine and seabed...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20166 min read
Report of the Working Group on Nuclear Weapons
Despite the well documented and well publicized catastrophic consequences from any use of nuclear weapons, over fifteen thousand remain...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20162 min read
Report of the Working Group on Nonviolence
It was an obvious question for a civil resistance workshop, but still unnerving. “What would happen if Donald Trump took the White House...
Science for Peace
May 7, 20162 min read
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