It is with great sadness that the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and its sister organization Council for a Livable World, acknowledge and mourn the loss of Lt. General Robert Gard, who had served as Chairman Emeritus of the Center’s Board of Directors since 2015 after many decades of offering his expertise in various […]
Council: Front and Center: March 21, 2026
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITES NUCLEAR CONCERNS AS REASON FOR WAR IN IRAN On February 28, in the midst of diplomatic negotiations on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the United States and Israel carried out a coordinated military operation against Iran. The Trump administration cited anxiety over Iran’s nuclear weapons program as one of the confusing and sometimes contradictory justifications […]
Statement on President Trump’s latest attack on Iran
‘WHERE IS CONGRESS? WHERE IS THE ‘PEACE PRESIDENT’S’ BETTER DEAL?’ (FEBRUARY 28—WASHINGTON) On behalf of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and its sister organization, Council for a Livable World, Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney releases the following statement regarding President Trump’s overnight attack on Iran: “The self-declared ‘President of Peace’ proved […]
Council: Front and Center: February 23, 2026
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is the Council’s affiliated 501(c)(3) research organization. NEW START EXPIRES AS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UNITED STATES MEET IN GENEVA Tuesday will mark four years since Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia, Ukraine and the United States held talks in Geneva last week but did not reach any resolutions, as Russia continues to demand land […]
Statement On the Expiration of the Last Treaty Restricting the World’s Two Largest Nuclear Arsenals (New START)
‘THE END OF NEW START DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN THE END OF NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL’ (FEBRUARY 4—WASHINGTON) The last remaining bilateral treaty restricting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals — the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — expires tomorrow. With deep concern for the future of nuclear arms control and the prospects of a new […]
