Read the full piece on the Daily Kos. Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World: When the Senate confirmed Tom Price (R-Ga.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services, his congressional district in Georgia became vacant. Before President Trump, this district was a reliable seat for hawkish candidates. In 2012, Mitt […]

Hear the full podcast. (In German) Council for a Livable World executive director John Tierney was interviewed on German radio network Norddeutscher Rundfunk to talk about U.S. nuclear weapons, the president’s authority regarding the launch of nuclear weapons, the checks and balances in place in the U.S. on nuclear policy. The interview though conducted in English […]

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 […]