60TH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Today marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day nuclear standoff between the United States and Soviet Union. While we wish the tensions felt during that crisis were now distant history, unfortunately, that is not the case. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dangerous nuclear […]
Front and Center: September 18, 2022
UKRAINE LIBERATES KHARKIV REGION; SPECTER OF NUCLEAR WAR RISES On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walked through the streets of Izyum in the country’s Kharkiv region, which was liberated from Russian forces as part of Ukraine’s counter-offensive. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have recovered more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory during September, in what many […]
Front and Center: July 16, 2022
HOUSE CONSIDERS VARIOUS NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUESThis past week has brought a lot of focus to key national security issues in Congress. The House considered the annual Defense Authorization bill, a vehicle for votes on many defense, foreign policy and other national security issues. The House Armed Services Committee had already voted to add $37 billion […]
Front and Center: June 19, 2022
OUR SISTER ORGANIZATION IS 60! WATCH AND LISTEN TO OUR FOUNDER Manhattan Project nuclear physicist Leo Szilard met with a group of fellow scientists June 2, 1962, to form the Council for a Livable World, the Center’s sister organization, after months of touting this idea on a speaking tour of college campuses nationwide. In his […]
Front and Center: May 23, 2022
THE LATEST ON RUSSIAN NUCLEAR THREATS As the team here at the Center continues to track new developments in Ukraine, the nuclear risks of the current crisis remain top of mind. We have continued to update a series of frequently asked questions about the nuclear issues involved in the Ukraine crisis. They answer questions about why Ukraine is […]
