Executive Director John Tierney was featured on the Beyond Politics podcast, on which he discussed CLW’s founding, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Russian diplomacy, forever wars, Yemen and China.

A Guardian article about the nuclear challenges facing the incoming Biden administration referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. “If Iran moves back into compliance with its nuclear obligations, I will reenter the JCPOA as a starting point and work with our allies in Europe and other world powers to make the deal longer and stronger,” […]

An article in The Hill breaking down five foreign policy challenges facing the incoming Biden administration referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. Biden for his part pledged during the campaign that his administration would “work to maintain a strong, credible deterrent while reducing our reliance and excessive expenditure on nuclear weapons.” In the same questionnaire […]

A Wall Street Journal article on President-elect Joe Biden’s upcoming review of the U.S.’s nuclear modernization program referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. One nuclear program that might face cancellation is a sea-launched cruise missile the Trump administration called for in 2018. During the campaign, Mr. Biden told the Council for a Livable World, an […]

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell told DefenseNews that there’s still hope for a U.S. return to the Open Skies Treaty, which President Trump formally withdrew from. Given the partisan dynamics of the Senate, it’s unclear the upper chamber could muster the two-thirds majority required to re-ratify the treaty. However, Biden may be able to re-enter […]