The 9th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) conference, “Prospects for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: 70 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings,” was held in Nagasaki, Japan from October 30 to 31, 2015.

The conference included 31 participants from 19 countries who presented papers on a broad range of subjects: regional security issues in Asia, Europe and the Middle East; nuclear disarmament; nuclear-weapon-free zones; the importance of non-state actors and institutions in the de-legitimization of nuclear weapons; and other issues central to the mission of ISYP and the Pugwash Conferences.

ISYP Conference Report, Nagasaki

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2015 International Student/Young Pugwash Vision Statement: The Nagasaki Call for Action

Prospects for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation: 70 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings

9th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference
Nagasaki, Japan, 30-31 October 2015

On the occasion of the 61st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs “Nagasaki’s Voice: Remember Your Humanity” International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) invites students, and young scholars and professionals from around the world to participate in an international conference that will address, from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, the global impact of national and regional security issues on a broad range of topics. Continue reading →

The Global Impact of National and Regional Security Issues

8th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference
Istanbul, Turkey, 30-31 October 2013

Report on Istanbul ISYP Conference

On the occasion of the 60th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Af airs “Dialogue, Disarmament, and Regional and Global Security” International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) invites students and young scholars from around the world to participate in an international conference that will address, from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, the relationship between national, regional and global security focusing on the global impact of national and regional security issues (for example exploring the impact of recent developments in the Middle East) on a broad range of topics. Continue reading →

7th International Student/Young Pugwash Conference Berlin, Germany, 29-30 June 2011

Report of Berlin ISYP Conference

On the occasion of the 59th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs “European Contributions to Nuclear Disarmament and Conflict Resolution,” International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) invites students and young scholars from around the world to participate in an international conference that will address, from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, the relationship between regional and global security focusing on the Middle East, South and East Asia. Continue reading →

On 11 July 2009 ISYP organized the meeting: “A Strategy for Student/Young Pugwash: How Students and Young People can Influence the Peace Agenda in the Next Ten Years,” held in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada where the transnational movement for nuclear disarmament was launched in 1957. This meeting followed the 6th ISYP conference, “Core Dimensions of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century” held in The Hague, The Netherlands from April 15 to 16, 2009.

Climbing to the Top of the Mountain

International Student/Young Pugwash

We, the leaders of the International Student/Young Pugwash movement endorse this statement on behalf of the ISYP Executive Board: Continue reading →

The 6th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) conference, “Core Dimensions of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century”, was held in The Hague, The Netherlands from April 15 to 16, 2009.

The agenda was designed to allow two working groups to focus on one side of the nuclear dual-use dilemma, nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. 30 students discussed topics that originated in papers prepared for possible publication in the ISYP Journal.

ISYP report 2009

The 5th annual International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference, held in Bari, Italy from 20 to 21 October 2007. The 20 students in the working group discussed topics that originated in papers prepared for possible publication in the ISYP Journal.

Report on ISYP Bari Conference

In co-operation with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, ISYP organized an International consultation on Food security: a great threat to human security, in Chennai, India, from 29 January – 1 February 2007. This brought together over 60 young and senior participants alike to discuss the challenges of global hunger.

Chennai Declaration

The 4th annual International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, from 9 to 10 November 2006. ISYP divided 30 students and young professionals and 2 senior participants from 17 countries into two working groups that met in parallel.

Cairo ISYP report Continue reading →