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 Keeping the threat of nuclear first use on the table is an outdated and dangerous policy.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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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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Biden Defense Request Compared to Previous Annual Budgets

By Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz Board Member, Council for a Livable World The Biden National Defense budget presented to Congress in late January 2021 is a modest increase from the previous year but among the highest in the last 70 years in constant dollars adjusted for inflation – despite the effective end to the forever wars […]

Why Is Joe Biden Keeping Trump’s Nuclear Expansion Plans in Place?

A Mother Jones article about President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 defense budget request referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. When Joe Biden was elected president, critics of nuclear proliferation had high hopes. Here was a president who had gone on record opposing wasteful spending on nuclear weapons, someone who had warned of the risks of an arms race […]

Lawmakers Question Navy’s Decision to Abandon Nuclear Cruise Missile

A USNI News article about on the Navy’s decision to shelve the development of a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review led by the Trump administration called for the Pentagon to pursue low-yield nuclear weapons. While Republican lawmakers want to develop the capability, Democrats and President […]

Biden urged to bring missile defense reductions to Putin summit

A letter coordinated by the Council for a Livable World and signed by 63 national security leaders, urging President Biden to include missile defenses in strategic stability talks with Russia and China, was featured in a Defense News article. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, more than 60 advocates, former […]

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