The Pugwash Newsletter
Issued by the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Volume 38 - Number 2
December 2001

1. To the Pugwash Community
   
   
2. SPECIAL SECTION: SEPTEMBER 11 AND ITS AFTERMATH
   • "The Dangers of Nuclear Terrorism," Statement of the Pugwash Council, 12 November 2001.
   • Letter to the Editor, Sir Joseph Rotblat, The Times (UK), 15 September 2001
   • "Why Root Causes Are Important," Thomas Homer Dixon, Toronto Globe and Mail, 26 September 2001.
   • "Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty," Statement of the Pugwash Council, 12 November 1999.
   
   
3. REPORTS ON RECENT PUGWASH MEETINGS
   
   • 7th Pugwash Workshop on the Middle East: Palestine, Israel and the Middle East Peace Process
     Pugwash Meeting No. 262
     Alexandria, Egypt, 26-29 April 2001
   • 3rd Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on Intervention, Sovereignty and International Security: Humanitarian Intervention - Forging an International Consensus
     Pugwash Meeting No. 263
     Castellon de la Plana, Spain, 3-5 May 2001
   • 15th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the CBW Conventions
     Pugwash Meeting No. 264
     Oegsteest, Netherlands, 23-24 June 2001
   • 4th Workshop pf the Pugwash Study Group on Intervention, Sovereignty and International Security: A Consultation with the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
     Pugwash Meeting No. 265
     Pugwash, Nova Scotia, 20-21 July2001
   • 2nd Pugwash Workshop on Nuclear Stability and Missile Defenses
     Pugwash Meeting No. 266
     Como, Italy, 6-8 September 2001
   
   
4. SELECTED ESSAYS
   
   • "Israeli-Palestinian Relations: Appraisal," by Maher El-Kurd
     
   • "The Oslo Process: Failures, Lessons, Alternatives," by Joseph Alpher
     
     
5. PUGWASH ACTIVITIES
   
   • The US Pugwash Group
     
   • Pugwash Netherlands
   • International Student/Young Pugwash
     
     
6. OBITUARIES
   • Johan Lundin
   • Maxwell Bruce
   • Paul Warnke
   
   
7. Members of the Pugwash Council
   
   
8. Calendar of Future Meetings

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Pugwash Newsletter Vol.38 No.2, December 2001