U.S. Pugwash

The mission of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is to bring scientific insight and reason to bear on namely, the catastrophic threat posed to humanity by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. This X-Grant supports young people to attend a conference in Japan.

In support of publications on the control and elimination of weapons systems, and for maintaining communications among scientists worldwide on regional and international security (over three years).

In support of a translation project to make available analytic and opinion pieces on international security and WMD issues to Arabic and Farsi-speaking audiences (over two years).

To control nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and to bring a new generation of scientists into debate and analysis of international security issues (over three years).