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2021/01/24 | 13-15 h UTC+1 ZOOM WEBINAR
Military: Environment and Climate Killer

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Virtual World Social Forum (WSF) 23.-31. January 2021
Military: Environment and Climate Killer

January 24th, 2021, at 13:00 – 15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Organized by Campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein and International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES)

Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81327220855?pwd=WGd0MXJNeEg4VWFQaURVK2cyaHd1dz09

Speakers:

  • Claus Montonen (Finland), INES Board, University of Helsinki
  • Tamara Lorincz (Canada), Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, IPB Council, No to NATO

Moderator: Karl Heinz Peil (Germany), Campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein

Description:

This webinar will address the damages of military and military installations to nature and the environment. It will explore this issue from multiple angles and in several regions, with speakers from Europe, East Asia, and North America.

2020/12/01 zoom webinar 12-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30pm | 2am Tokio
Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asiaced

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1: Missile and Nuclear Insecurity in East Asia

Masako Ikegami, Ph. D., Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

REGISTER HERE https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Um61UbXTKOoGsI9NWOwNQ.

2020/11/24 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
What’s next for the US-India strategic partnership?

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24: What’s next for the US-India strategic partnership?

Dr. George Perkovich: Olivier and Nomellini Chair, vice president for studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, author of India’s Nuclear Bomb, co-author of Not War, Not Peace?

2020/11/17 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Ten years After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 6:00PM-7:30PM EST (Please note differnt time): Ten years After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan

Speaker: Jun Tateno, Ph.D., Executive Director, Nuclear and Energy-Related Information Center (NERIC), Tokyo, Japan

REGISTRATION TO BE POSTED SOON.

2020/11/10 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
The Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50: A Mid-Life Crisis?

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30) | 18-19:30 CET

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10: The Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50: A Mid-Life Crisis?

Speaker: Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Continue reading →

2020/11/03 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT | 18-19:30 CET
Climate Change and International Security

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Climate Change and International Security

Jurgen Scheffran, Head of the Research Group Climate Change and Security, University of Hamburg, Germany

REGISTER HERE (https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uswbhX1aR-SnT-5fz57taQ).

 

2020/10/27 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT
 Biden or Trump: What’s at Stake on November 3?

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27: Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT and Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona

 Biden or Trump: What’s at Stake on November 3?

REGISTER HERE (https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qeyzgEshTIGlZ6XHZXTSSw).  

Once you register, a link will be automatically emailed. Thank you! Please email weinmann@mit.edu with any questions.

2020/10/20 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT
The Bang and the Bucks: Post-9/11 Military Spending and the Shortchanging of Other

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20: Heidi Peltier, Ph. D, Director, 20 Years of War Project, Boston University

The Bang and the Bucks:  Post-9/11 Military Spending and the Shortchanging of Other Urgent Needs

REGISTER HERE: (https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TzYnrNVBQwWah_WxMEN_eg)

Once you register, a link will be automatically emailed. Thank you! Please email weinmann@mit.edu with any questions.

 

2020/10/13 zoom webinar 12noon-1:30pm EDT
Accidents, mistakes and COVID-19: Risks and Necessity of High-Level Biosafety Labs

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Global Peace and Insecurity: A Seminar Series

Fall 2020: Tuesdays: 12noon-1:30pm US EDT (12-13.30)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13: Monica Zoppe, Ph. D., Institute of Biophysics, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Milan, Italy

Accidents, mistakes and COVID-19: Risks and Necessity of High-Level Biosafety Labs; MODERATOR: Professor Jonathan King

REGISTER HERE: Once you register, a link will be automatically emailed. Thank you! Please email weinmann@mit.edu with any questions.

2020/10/12 zoom webinar 12:00 – 17:30 CEST
Webinar: Weapons in Space – Challenges to Peace and Security

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Invitation INES Webinar on Weapons in Space – Challenges to Peace and Security 12 October, 16:00 – 17:30 CEST With: Prof. Jürgen Scheffran (University of Hamburg, Germany) Prof. em. Dave Webb (Leeds Beckett University, U.K.) Subrata Ghoshroy (MIT, USA)   Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__s5nreJXQQKp0p9q-bbTXw Introduction: When President Trump established the U.S. Space Force December, 2019, he said that it marked “a big moment” and that there was “going to be a lot of things happening in space. Because space is the world’s … Continue reading →

2020/09/19 zoom conference
International Action Meeting For a Nuclear Free Europe

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Introduction & Context

September 19th, 2020  | 11:00 am – 17:00 pm |
De Markten, Oude Graanmarkt 5, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago we have lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation. This omnicidal power and the outrageous amount of resources spent on it is unacceptable, especially at a time where climate change is challenging our survival. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recession which will follow, teach lessons we must embrace to overcome the existential threats of the 21st century: nuclear war and global warming. Continue reading →

2020/01/07+14+21 Massachusette, USA
THE POLITICS OF DEFENSE SPENDING

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SCIENCE, PROFIT AND ENDLESS WARS
Tuesdays: January 7, 14 and 21
5:00pm
MIT Room 2-105

The US federal government spends billions of dollars each year on highly questionable warfare and unnecessary anti-missile systems that don’t work.

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