Council for a Livable World today announced the endorsement of two new candidates: Chris Coons in Delaware and Cal Cunningham in North Carolina. If elected, Cunningham would be the first Iraq war veteran in the U.S. Senate In Delaware, Coons is running against nine-term House incumbent Mike Castle (R) for the open Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph Biden.

On February 16, 2010, Council Executive Director John Isaacs debated Baker Spring, a research fellow in national security policy at the Heritage Foundation, on the topic of nuclear reductions as part of a live debate series conducted by the Project on Nuclear Awareness (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Council for a Livable World, the nation’s leading arms control advocacy organization, announced today that David Bonior will succeed former Representative Patricia Schroeder as the next chair of PeacePAC, the organization’s arm that endorses candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Speech of John IsaacsExecutive Director, Council for a Livable World &Center for Arms Control and Non-ProliferationDecember 2009I am delighted to be invited to Japan, the only country to suffer directly nuclear destruction, to discuss nuclear weapo…

In response to President Barack Obama’s appearance today before the United Nations General Assembly, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation praised Obama for taking bold steps and leading by example in order to move the world closer to reducing the danger posed by nuclear weapons.