Council for a Livable World

Political action to reduce nuclear threats

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No First Use and other smart policies that limit nuclear risks

If the United States uses nuclear weapons first, a nuclear-armed adversary is likely to retaliate against us or our allies with nuclear weapons. Keeping the threat of nuclear first use on the table is an outdated and dangerous policy. A No First Use policy just makes sense.

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Commemorate 60 Years of Council for a Livable World

Sixty years after our founding by Manhattan Project nuclear physicist Leo Szilard, the Council is still working to create a world free from nuclear threats through political action and advocacy. Make a donation in our 60th year and help us build a more livable world for generations to come.

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Twin threats: nuclear weapons and climate change

There are two serious threats to all life on earth: climate change and nuclear war. Both are existential. Both are preventable. But only one can destroy the world in 30 minutes.

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Political action to reduce nuclear threats, since 1962

Manhattan Project nuclear physicist Leo Szilard founded Council for a Livable World in 1962 to deliver “the sweet voice of reason” about nuclear weapons to Congress, the White House, and the American public.

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A nonpartisan nonprofit promoting policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons, and to minimize the risk of war through lobbying and by helping elect and support Members of Congress who share our goals.

Candidates

Meet the Congressional candidates who support smart nuclear arms control and non-proliferation policies.

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Legislation

Learn what bills we're supporting, what various legislation would mean for national security, and where it all stands in Congress.

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Take Action

Nuclear weapons policy can seem intimidating, but you are not powerless to make this world safer from nuclear threats.

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History

Founded in 1962, we have decades of experience in shaping Congress and nuclear policy, and have helped elect 400 members.

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Monica Montgomery – Policies for Peace

Political Director Monica Montgomery was profiled by Frontiers Science News as a woman in science. In this comprehensive interview, she explains how a college trip to the Vatican inspired her to work in nuclear weapons policy and how she hopes her work will lead to a renewed consensus in Washington that arms control is good […]

Op-ed: Six Questions Every Candidate Should Be Asked on Nuclear & Climate Policies

Political Director Monica Montgomery wrote an op-ed in Outrider listing six questions about nuclear weapons and climate change every Congressional candidate should be asked. Nuclear weapons and climate change pose existential threats to the planet that are increasingly urgent. However, the conversation on these issues in the 2022 midterm elections needs to catch up to the attention they […]

Council: Front and Center: October 15, 2022

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.   60TH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Today marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day nuclear standoff between the United States and Soviet Union.   While we wish the tensions felt during that crisis […]

Council: Front and Center: September 18, 2022

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.   UKRAINE LIBERATES KHARKIV REGION; SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR RISES On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walked through the streets of Izyum in the country’s Kharkiv region, which was liberated from Russian forces as part of Ukraine’s counter-offensive. The Ukrainian Armed […]

Council: Front and Center: August 20, 2022

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization.   IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA USES NUCLEAR PLANT AS SHIELD Russia continues to escalate the situation in Ukraine as it is now using the Zaporizhia nuclear plant as a shield for its soldiers, housing them in a spot no one would dare […]

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