by Frank Boulton | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog, Peace & Security
Frank Boulton reflects on the health community’s duty of care to those harmed by torture and oppression at the hands of the state, and what the treatment of Julian Assange means for those exercising press freedom in an ever more authoritarian landscape.
by Frank Boulton | Sep 8, 2022 | Blog, Membership, Peace & Security
Medact and Nuclear Weapons Group member Frank Boulton on last week’s 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, where after two years’ delay, its states-parties failed to reach consensus on the conference’s outcomes.
by Frank Boulton | May 24, 2022 | Blog
The UK government, however, has continued to refuse to engage with the TPNW – and it has shown no intention of attending this incredibly important world meeting as an observer.
by Frank Boulton | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog, Peace & Security
In this blog, Dr Frank Boulton outlines the nuclear threats associated with the current conflict in Ukraine, and questions the myth of the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence.
by Frank Boulton | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog, Headlines, Climate & Environment
To correspond with the recent publication of the IPPNW-Germany paper ‘How Nuclear Power powers the Bomb’, we publish a blog by Frank Boulton outlining the financial, environmental, health and geo-political arguments around nuclear power.
by Frank Boulton | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog
Dr. Frank Boulton gives an overview and analysis of the latest developments about the Iran Deal, USA/North Korea and USA/Russia relations, and offers much-needed suggestions to reduce and ultimately end the threat of nuclear war.
by Frank Boulton | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog, Peace & Security
In his latest of a series of ‘Open Democracy’ articles on the Korean crisis, Paul Rogers (12 October) predicted that there could well be a nuclear war between the US and North Korea by November 2019. President Trump, by stating that North Korea will not be allowed to...
by Frank Boulton | Jun 2, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Peace & Security
The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa Rica. The text is available here: http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BanDraft.pdf....
by Frank Boulton | Feb 23, 2017 | News
Delegates from the IPPNW Regions of Western Europe and Russia met in Moscow on 21 and 22 February 2017: Dr Ira Helfand (USA), IPPNW Co-President, also attended. The West Europeans were led by IPPNW Regional Vice-president Dr Angela Claussen (Germany); and those from...
by Frank Boulton | Jul 26, 2016 | Blog, Toolkits
Medact’s Anti-Trident replacement leaflet and commentaries The attached documents describe Medact’s response to the Main gate debate held about Trident Replacement in the UK House of Commons on 18 July 2016. The text of the leaflet was prepared and widely distributed...
by Frank Boulton | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Talks, Peace & Security
Speech by Frank Boulton, Medact Trustee and member of the Medact Nuclear Weapons Group, at the CND Emergency Demonstration against Trident renewal on 18 July 2016. “I worked in the NHS for 41 years and I pay tribute to everyone in the NHS who worked with me. But...
by Frank Boulton | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog, Peace & Security
This article has been written Dr Frank Boulton – an active Medact member and Trustee with a long-standing interest and considerable experience of the nuclear weapons debate. On January 6th 2016, North Korea announced its successful detonation of a ‘hydrogen...
