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 […]
Nuclear Weapons
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, […]
Why aren’t your policymakers talking about the trillion-dollar Pentagon budget?
By Connor Murray and Emma Sandifer In mid-October, many members of the Center’s team took our mission of educating decision makers on the road. This time, instead of Members of Congress and their staff, we engaged an even more consequential group: the people they work for. Together with a team of experts from other organizations, […]
Introducing: Neighbors Against Nukes
By Emma Sandifer Do you ever wonder how nuclear weapons impact your own community? I did, so I spent one year mapping the footprint of nuclear weapons across our neighborhoods, and I was left surprised…and encouraged. In the spring of last year, I was named one of Ploughshares Foundation and Horizon 2045’s Nuclear Futures Fellows. […]
BONUS Episode: The Costs of False Security – Live Audience Question & Answer Session
What challenges do space lasers present? How does a network of Starlink satellites compare to the infrastructure required for Golden Dome? If Golden Dome were to be operational, what would U.S. nuclear policy look like and how could an adversary respond? In this BONUS episode of Nukes of Hazard, we return to our live annual […]
