Read the op-ed in The Hill. Martin Luther King Jr. famously stated, “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” Nearly 50 years after Dr. King’s assassination, his words continue to ring true. A quintessential example is the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, which is comprised of approximately 7,000 […]

Read Senior Fellow John Isaacs’ Op-Ed in The Medium. Former ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson, recently approved to be the United States Secretary of State, remains a controversial choice because of previous positions on Russia and climate change. But interestingly, Secretary Tillerson’s positions on crucial nuclear weapons issues as expressed at his confirmation hearing and responses to […]

Read the op-ed in The Hill. This past Monday, January 16, marked a full year since the oft-debated nuclear agreement between the United States, its negotiating partners, and Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was officially implemented. Contrary to the doubts of critics, the agreement has been a certifiable success in […]

To read Council for a Livable World board member, Dr. Jim Walsh’s co-authored an op-ed in The Charlotte Observer, click here. Have you noticed? The nuclear agreement with Iran is no longer in the headlines. Not long ago, Iran’s nuclear program was the central issue in U.S. foreign policy. We talked about it all the […]

On Dec. 22, 2016, President-elect Trump tweeted: “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” Why would the U.S. need to strengthen its nuclear capabilities? Our current capacity is approximately 4,500 nuclear weapons, which includes 900 nuclear warheads on high […]