Risk reduction is urgently needed amid rising tensions in Northern Europe
Commentary by Tytti Erästö, Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme and member of Swedish Pugwash Group board and Wilfred Wan, Director of the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. Read commentary Risk reduction is urgently needed amid rising tensions in Northern Europe
Workshop in Uppsala on Nordic security
On 5-6 December, Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclears Disarmament and Pugwash Council arranged a workshop in Uppsala titled ‘Nordic security: Deterrence and risk reduction’. This was the first workshop in a series at the centre, which aims to stimulate co-operation between Nordic ministries of foreign affairs on disarmament and nuclear arms control issues. These workshops are…
Challenging the hegemonic nuclear order avant la lettre: Alva Myrdal and the negotiation of the NPT
This article by Emma Rosengren and Thomas Jonter, members of the board of the Swedish Pugwash Group, demonstrates how the Swedish disarmament delegation, headed by diplomat Alva Myrdal, served as early sceptics of the contemporary ‘hegemonic nuclear order’. Read article in Cold War History: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14682745.2025.2529252#abstract
From Ashes to Insight: 80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Panel discussion 1 December 2025, 15:00 – 16:30Karolina Widerströmsalen, Svenska Läkaresällskapet, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10, Stockholm How can we ensure that another Hiroshima or Nagasaki never happens again? What lessons can we draw from the past, and how do they relate to the current nuclear policy debate in Sweden? The Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament, Swedish…
SVT:s Utrikesbyrån om kärnvapen
USA:s president Donald Trump vill återuppta landets kärnvapentester. Samtidigt provar Ryssland nya robotar som kan bära kärnvapen och Kina ökar sin kärnvapenarsenal i rekordfart. Är vi tillbaka i kalla krigets dagar? Och hur oroliga ska vi vara? I studion: Nobels fredspristagare Beatrice Fihn, militärexpert Joakim Paasikivi och Kajsa Boglind, programledare för Sveriges Radios program Konflikt.…