(FEBRUARY 28—WASHINGTON) Following the abortive meeting in the Oval Office this afternoon, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World release the following statement from Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney, a nuclear weapons and diplomacy expert: “Today, President Trump addressed President Zelenskyy as if he were a defeated […]
Council: Front and Center: February 22, 2025
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. MONDAY MARKS 3 YEARS SINCE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE Three years after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration is seeking a ceasefire in line with Russian demands. Initial negotiations meant to set a framework for a future peace deal […]
Council: Front and Center: January 26, 2025
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. WORKING WITH TRUMP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday. In his first week in office, he has given many contradictory statements about his aims on national security and […]
With Trump at the Helm, Nuclear Uncertainty Is Set to Grow in 2025
Executive Director John Tierney was interviewed in Truthout about the nuclear uncertainty under the incoming Trump administration. Immediately after the U.S. election, Council For a Livable World, a nonpartisan organization that promotes policies to reduce nuclear weapons, identified nine goals for the incoming Trump administration, including demanding greater accountability over nuclear weapons modernization and systems considered “strategically questionable,” […]
How Council-endorsed candidates feel about sole authority
On December 17, The New York Times released the results of its survey of all 530 incoming Members of Congress. They asked three critical questions about the president’s sole authority to launch a preemptive or first nuclear strike or launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval in response to an enemy’s incoming nuclear missile attack: a. […]
