Robert Green

Commander Robert Green served for twenty years in the British Royal Navy from 1962-82. As a bombardier-navigator, he flew in Buccaneer nuclear strike aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters. On promotion to Commander in 1978, he worked in the Ministry of Defence before his final appointment as Staff Officer (Intelligence) to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet during the Falklands War. Commander Green chaired the UK affiliate of the World Court Project (1991-2004), an international citizen campaign which led to the International Court of Justice judgment in 1996 that threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be illegal. From 1998-2002 he was Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Middle Powers Initiative. Now Co-Director with his wife, Dr Kate Dewes ONZM, of the Disarmament & Security Centre in New Zealand, he is *also* the author of The Naked Nuclear Emperor: Debunking Nuclear Deterrence, and Fast Track to Zero Nuclear Weapons: The Middle Powers Initiative. *The UK edition of h*[H]is latest book, A Thorn in Their Side: The Hilda Murrell Murder, was published in 201*3*[1]. *On 28 October 2017, Commander Green gave the first TEDx talk on nuclear deterrence, in Christ’s College Old Boys’ Theatre, Christchurch – see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH6xkjMNdnk. His leisure pursuits include enjoying his step-grandchildren, gardening, theatre, music, delving into Maori history and language, and exploring the spectacular scenery of his adopted homeland.