Read the full piece here.  President Donald Trump just released a budget plan intended to fulfill a promise to rebuild the military with “one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history.” Specifically, Trump wants to boost “base” military spending by US$52.3 billion to $574 billion, an increase of 10 percent over […]

Read the full interview here.  In the span of one week we have seen North Korea test four missiles, evidence of U.S. attempts to sabotage North Korea’s missile program with cyber capabilities, the deployment of the controversial THAAD missile defense system to South Korea, and China proposing that the U.S. give up joint military drills […]

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 […]