Council in the News

Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in the Santa Fe New Mexican discussing this year’s Doomsday Clock setting. “The U.S. government and international community are more than capable of making real strides to reduce these dangers — if they are willing to divorce themselves from militarism, re-engage in hard-nosed diplomacy and exercise some common sense,” […]

Political Director Geoff Wilson and Council board member Joe Cirincione wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft arguing against launching another preemptive war in the Middle East. “The crusade for a war with Iran continues. Just weeks into the new year, war hawks are again calling for the U.S. military to prepare plans for a comprehensive […]

Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in Truthout in an article rating President Joe Biden’s first year in office in terms of nuclear weapons issues. John Tierney, a former congressman and executive director of the nonprofit Council for a Livable World, described the treaty’s extension as “one bright spot” in Biden’s first year, which he said […]

Advocacy Coordinator Monica Montgomery was quoted in the Santa Fe New Mexican about plutonium pit production and greater nuclear spending. “This increased spending and focus on plutonium production is not necessary to maintain the safety or reliability of the existing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile — it is for new nuclear weapons,” wrote Monica Montgomery, Council […]

Office Manager Isabel Martinez was quoted in a column in The Paper Tiger, the newspaper of Lick-Wilmerding High School. To make matters worse, climate change greatly heightens the risk of nuclear war. Isabel Martinez, who is the program coordinator at the Council for a Livable World, said that “Climate change exacerbates already existing problems, our […]