Covers six themes: world peace; nuclear disarmament issues; arms control; security in the Asia-Pacific region; development strategies and world economic order; energy and the environment. The arguments presented are taken from the scientists and scholars who met at a Pugwash Conference in 1991.

What is needed is a concept of a sustainable, equitable and liveable world for all its inhabitants. All these problems were analyzed by scientists and scholars who met in a Pugwash Conference. The arguments used by them and the proposed solutions are presented in this book under six themes: world peace; nuclear disarmament issues; arms control; security in the Asia-Pacific region; development strategies and world economic order; energy and the environment.