Advocacy Coordinator Monica Montgomery was quoted in The Intercept, discussing Congress’ recent announcement of appointees to a new commission scrutinizing the massive nuclear modernization effort currently underway in the U.S. The commission’s primary assignment is to release a final report later this year detailing its recommendations for U.S. nuclear policy. Given the group’s makeup, many […]

Political Director Geoff Wilson was quoted in a Salon article discussing the potential consequences of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. The world’s nuclear powers (which, in addition to the United States and Russia, also includes China, India, Israel, France, North Korea, Pakistan and the United Kingdom) still have vast arsenals at […]

Advocacy Coordinator Monica Montgomery wrote an op-ed in Inkstick breaking down three major insights that we have into Congress’ latest thinking on nuclear weapons from the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. “When President Joe Biden took office with Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress one year ago, proponents of nuclear arms control […]

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 […]