JOIN US AT OUR VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Center will host our 2021 annual conference, “Arms Control in a Divided America,” on November 2, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Speakers include Members of Congress and arms control experts, featuring Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Chris Van Hollen; Amb. Susan F. Burk, Former Special Representative of the […]

RETHINKING SECURITY IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD This year marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a day that changed the trajectory of world history in ways that we are still coming to terms with. In this special episode of Nukes of Hazard, host Geoff Wilson talks to Executive Director and former Congressman John […]

NEW PODCAST ALERT: CHINA’S NUCLEAR BUILDUP AND THE CASE FOR DIALOGUE There is a rising clamor among top U.S. policymakers pushing for more military spending to confront China. Recent discoveries of new nuclear missile silos being built in China have only added fuel to the fire. But will China’s actions really change the nuclear balance […]

KEY HOUSE COMMITTEE ELIMINATES FUNDING FOR NEW NUCLEAR WEAPON The House Appropriations Committee rejected $15 million in funding for the Trump-proposed, Biden-requested new nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) in their fiscal year 2022 spending bills that passed out of committee last week. The Council for a Livable World has led a months-long campaign to block […]

THANKFUL TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH TODAY The Center and Council are thankful to President Joe Biden and a bipartisan majority in Congress for finally declaring today, Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Although there has been progress in the 156 years since the last enslaved Americans were freed, there is still much to do for all Americans to […]