Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Hill about President Donald Trump’s announcement to move nuclear submarines closer to Russia. “Does this mean that all of a sudden we should all be going to the cellar and locking ourselves in? No,” said former Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.), who is the executive director of the Center […]
STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ANNOUNCED MOVEMENT OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES FOLLOWING RUSSIAN THREATS
‘Trump’s verbal engagement with an essentially powerless Russian politician is inappropriate and unhelpful’ (AUGUST 1—WASHINGTON) In light of President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is ordering nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” in response to new Russian nuclear threats, this time aimed at the United States, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is releasing the […]
Reflections On My Summer Internship: Jack Higgins
By Jack Higgins, Policy Intern, Summer 2025 August 6 will mark 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing roughly 100,000 people and levelling the city. One of the very first things I did after arriving at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation was read John Hersey’s famous […]
Reflections On My Summer Internship: Abby Wagner
By Abby Wagner, Policy Intern, Summer 2025 At some point during my internship at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, I developed a mild obsession with Geoguessr — an office-favorite game that drops you at a random location in the world and challenges you to use Google Street View to figure out where you […]
AI Should Help Nuclear Decision-Makers but Not Make Decisions
By Jack Higgins, Policy Intern, Summer 2025 The United States plans to spend $1.7 trillion to modernize its nuclear forces over the next 30 years with artificial intelligence set to play a major role in the effort, but will it be a worthwhile investment? While AI has the potential to improve safety-critical early warning and […]
