Author: Accademia nazionale dei LinceiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
VII International AMALDI Conference of Academies of Sciences and National Scientific Societies
Author: Accademia nazionale dei LinceiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
How to Reduce Threats to Peace and General Security
Author: Catastrophes and Conflicts
Author: Klaus GottsteinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429859643
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
First published in 1999, this book describes what the International community of scientific institutions could do to reverse this trend, by pooling its know-how and resources in International and interdisciplinary working groups and standing committees, by preparing options for action and by standing the possibilities for overcoming the political and economic obstacles to the implementation of expert advice. The reasons are given why neighboring groups of people sooner or later start fighting each other unless certain conditions are fulfilled. These conditions are enumerated. Historical examples are presented. Since lack of mutual trust, often based on inherited enemy images, is at the roots of many conflicts is shown how trust among former opponents can be created by working on joint projects, particularly when both sides are threatened by the same danger. In previous history this danger was often a common enemy. Today we must learn that all of mankind is threatened by environmental and other global problems which can only be mastered by joint efforts, forgetting the enmities of earlier generations. Furthermore, it is explained that many catastrophes could be avoided if risks were properly assessed and taken seriously and necessary precautions not avoided for financial reasons, just hoping for the best.
International Amaldi Conference on Problems of Global Security
Author: International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation
Author: Luciano MaianiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303042913X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and nonproliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. Current challenges are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, considering scientific developments that have the potential to increase the effectiveness of implementation of international regimes, particularly in critical areas, technology foresight, and the ongoing evaluation of current capabilities.
Proceedings of the ... Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
Author: Nuclear Risks and Arms Control - Problems and Progresses in the Time of Pandemics and War
Author: Paolo Cotta-RamusinoPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031297083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This open access book is based on the conference organised by Accademia dei Lincei and the US National Academy of Sciences and supported by the Italian Ministero degli Affari Esteri. It was attended by about 60 scientists and researchers from 13 countries, including, besides Europe, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Japan, Russian Federation and the USA. In an international scenario shaken by the uncertainties of the pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, dialogue and scientific collaboration are confirmed to be precious tools to enhance nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation. The urgency to open peace discussions in Ukraine was emphasised by all participants, and the belief that science can make an essential contribution to peace construction was reaffirmed. Current challenges (some new, such as autonomous weapons and the use of artificial intelligence for war purposes) are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, including in the field of sustainable energy development.
Известия Академии Наук Эстонии
Author: Globalizing Physics
Author: Roberto LalliPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198878699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is an open access book available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Following the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, this volume features contributions from leading science historians from around the world on the changing roles of the institution in international affairs from its foundation in 1922 to the present. The case studies presented in this volume show the multitude of functions that IUPAP had and how these were related to the changing international political contexts. The book is divided into three parts. The first discusses the interwar period demonstrating how the exclusion of communities of the Central Powers from international scientific institutions imposed by victorious allied countries made IUPAP ineffective until the end of World War II. The second part analyzes the changing roles assumed by IUPAP starting from its complete renovation after World War II. Case studies covering the role of IUPAP in physics education, in metrology, in joint commissions with other unions and in defining the complex relations between pure and applied physics provide examples of IUPAP's impact on the world of science. Part III squarely addresses the science diplomacy aspects of IUPAP during the Cold War highlighting the importance of IUPAP in furthering diplomatic goals and explaining the origin of the pursuit of the free circulation of scientists as the activity that characterized the main function of international unions during the Cold War. Highlighting how often scientific agendas and political imperatives were entangled in the activities of IUPAP, the book analyzes the work of the Union as exercises of science diplomacy, thus contributing to the current debate on the use of science and technology in international relations.
Control of Dual-threat Agents
Author: Erhard GeisslerPublisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Vaccines for Peace (VFP) program is designed to counter international reservations about the possible military misuse of vaccine research. It focuses on vaccines developed to combat those pathogens and toxins that can be used as weapon agents. In this timely collection, experts from fields as diverse as biotechnology, vaccinology, international law, and diplomacy debate the VFP program.