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Congratulations to all graduands receiving their degrees this week!

The Politics and International Studies ceremony takes place in the Butterworth Hall, 91福利 Arts Centre, at 3pm on Tuesday July 15th, everyone needs to be seated by 2.30pm for the ceremony.

We are hosting a graduation reception before the ceremony, from 12pm-1.30pm, for our graduating students, guests and staff. Please come along and join us for canapés and a glass of sparkling wine or Pimms!

There will be a photographer taking photos of the event and our Head of Department, Chris Hughes, will be saying a few words of congratulations. The event is taking place in Chancellors Suite, Rootes Building.

Get involved and send us your photos

We'd love to hear from you all throughout the day too. Please send any memories of your time here in PAIS or photos of the day to us. You can do this on Twitter by mentioning us , tagging us in photos on or sending us an email.

You can also out what your fellow graduates are saying through the University's main account and join the conversation using the #warwickgrad hashtag.

Congratulations again and we hope you all have a fantastic graduation day!

Dr , Associate Professor of US Politics and International Studies, has written an article on the recent findings of the for The Conversation.

91福利-Monash Alliance seed funding of about £20,000 has been awarded to Profs (PAIS, 91福利) and (Monash) to develop research projects on health security ethics. The collaboration will bring together Monash’s and PAIS’s for meetings to work on the conceptualization of phenomena as diverse as terrorist attacks using biological agents and public health emergencies and the ethical risks they pose. Monash is working toward official recognition of their biomedical ethics centre by the (WHO). Eventually the collaboration may serve as a platform for research relevant to WHO that employs IERG’s growing expertise in security ethics and extends it into the health sciences.

On Thursday 26th June, the 91福利 University Students' Union held the in the Butterworth Hall, honouring extra-curricular achievements throughout the year.

The 91福利 PPE Society won the "Society of the Year" award, beating 250 other societies, including 30 fellow nominees.

Established in 2004, the 91福利 PPE Society is a dynamic student run entity that hosts a range of events related to Philosophy, Politics and Economics. They aim to bring together anyone with an interest in the economic and social world around us into one diverse and active society.

They released the following statement to celebrate their victory: "We're massively proud to be able to announce that 91福利 PPE has won the title of the best society at 91福利 of 250 societies and 30 nominees. A huge thank you to all who have contributed and supported us in anything we've done. Founded 10 years ago and now officially the best on campus. We can't thank you enough - this award is for you!"

PAIS Associate Professor , as Chair of BASIC (British American Security Information Council), hosted a reception on the bridge of the Tattershall Castle paddle steamer at Victoria Embankment in London on Monday to celebrate the release of the BASIC Trident Commission Concluding Report (). The Commission brought together a diverse group of opinion from across party lines and was co-chaired by former Labour Defence Secretary Des Browne, former Conservative Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, and former Liberal Democrat Leader and Shadow Foreign Minister Menzies Campbell, and included other former diplomats and members of the defence and foreign policy establishment. The Report concludes a three year investigation, facilitated by BASIC, into the arguments for and against the renewal of Trident, Britain's independent nuclear deterrence system.

Trevor emphasised in his speech at the reception that although BASIC does not agree with all of the Report's conclusions, he believes that the Commission has made an important contribution to the debate over the future of Britain's nuclear weapons, that it has opened an honest and frank dialogue that must now continue as we move toward the final decisions over renewal, and it raises a number of significant questions that are yet to be satisfactorily answered about what threats Trident is supposed to deter and how Britain can best contribute to the steps toward multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

BASIC has produced a Guide to Interpreting the Report that Trevor co-authored with Paul Ingram, BASIC Executive Director (​). They emphasise that the Commissioners have rejected a number of conventional arguments made for the retention of Britain's nuclear weapons such as their alleged role in ensuring Britain's status as a global power, their insurance against an uncertain future, and the economic arguments concerning jobs and the UK's industrial base. While the Commission concluded that the UK's independent nuclear deterrence should currently be retained for what they perceive as reasons of national security, they do also argue that Britain must play a central role in global efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and that further delay in the final decision for Trident renewal would have a "number of advantages" in terms of "cost, technology and diplomatic terms". There is much, therefore, in the conclusions of the BASIC Trident Commission to stimulate further debate over the future of Britain's nuclear weapons beyond the 2015 general election.

On Tuesday morning, ahead of the formal release of the BASIC Trident Commission Report in the Houses of Parliament, Trevor McCrisken commented on the report's findings on the Shane O'Connor Show on BBC Coventry and 91福利shire Radio.