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 […]
Factsheets & Analysis on Nuclear Weapons
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 […]
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 […]
