By Abigail Stowe-Thurston, Program Coordinator As Wednesday’s debate began to wind down around 10 p.m., a lively discussion of U.S. nuclear weapons policy ramped up onstage. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the sponsor of legislation that would make it the policy of the United States not to use nuclear weapons first, explained that a No First Use […]
Op-ed: The US Should Be Strengthening Deterrence. The Opposite Is Happening.
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston and Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed for Defense One arguing that instead of debating no-first-use policies and other potential advancements, President Trump is undermining an alliance system built over decades. Trust – real, solid trust – takes a long time to build, but it can be lost in […]
Op-ed: Why it’s time to negotiate a mutual No First Use policy with North Korea
Abigail Stowe-Thurston, our Program Coordinator for No First Use policy, wrote an op-ed in NK News: Despite the ceremony and fanfare leading up to the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the leaders departed early and emptyhanded. The U.S. and North Korean leaders suggested that negotiations would continue even though no deal was reached […]
Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about Sen. Warren’s proposed no-first-use bill. “It’s a political commitment,” Bell told me. “It signals to the world about where we want to go toward a deterrent-based posture. You need the policy and the force behind it.” … To proponents of no first use, all of that […]
Executive Director Tierney: We have a thermonuclear monarchy
Executive Director John Tierney was asked to help introduce a bill by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The full text of his remarks is below. “The last time this bill was introduced, it was bipartisan in nature, and this one should be, too. There are those who would argue that we […]
