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 […]
Senior Fellow John Isaacs in The Medium
Read Senior Fellow John Isaacs’ Op-Ed in The Medium. Former ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson, recently approved to be the United States Secretary of State, remains a controversial choice because of previous positions on Russia and climate change. But interestingly, Secretary Tillerson’s positions on crucial nuclear weapons issues as expressed at his confirmation hearing and responses to […]
Council Front and Center: February 04
What’s News: Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight, Signaling Concern Among Scientists On Jan. 26, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced they were advancing the hands of their Doomsday Clock by thirty seconds to reflect their belief that the world is in serious danger of nuclear annihilation and faces other pressing threats. At two […]
Senator Markey and Rep. Lieu Introduce the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
On January 25, 2017, Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) introduced companion bills to prohibit the President from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress. A copy of the bill is below. A version of the bill was first introduced in 2016 when Barack Obama was President; […]
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