In the fourth and final installment of our special series recorded live at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, we share the conclusion of our public town hall, A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget. This concluding episode turns the floor over to the audience for a robust and […]
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A Costly Silence: Wasteful Spending and Improper Influence
What happens when military contractors blow past their budgets on taxpayers’ dime, and why does Congress keep handing them the check? In the third installment of our four-part series recorded live at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, the discussion turns toward two of the most egregious vulnerabilities in American defense spending: runaway nuclear weapons modernization […]
A Costly Silence: The Choice Is Ours
In our last Nukes of Hazard episode, we kicked off our special series from Omaha, Nebraska, where the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation partnered with Nebraskans for Peace for an event titled A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget. Executive Director John Tierney and moderator Alex Bell […]
A Costly Silence: Eisenhower’s Warning
With proposed U.S. Pentagon and weapons spending zooming past $1 trillion — and proposals on Capitol Hill racing toward $1.5 trillion — why aren’t policymakers talking about where this money is going, and what is their silence costing everyday Americans? For this four-part special series, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation traveled to Omaha, […]
BONUS Episode: The True Costs of War – Moderated Question and Answer Session
What are the true costs of endless defense spending and how does military expenditure contribute to economic “leakage”? How can reallocating defense resources address urgent challenges like climate security and where can we find sources of hope in the fight for policy reform? In this BONUS episode of Nukes of Hazard, we return to our […]
