Senator Richard Lugar represented the state of Indiana from 1977-2013. Along with Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA), he authored the legislation that established the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program in 1991. He currently serves as the president of The Lugar Center, a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. [This interview has been edited for length and clarity.] Nukes […]
U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe
By: Erin Connolly The recent upheaval in Turkey has highlighted an uncomfortable fact: The United States holds approximately 160 tactical nuclear weapons outside of its own borders. In fact, all of these nonstrategic nuclear weapons are deployed in Europe at six bases in five countries, including Turkey. In theory, these weapons are in place to […]
John Tierney Quoted in Huffington Post
Read the full piece in The Huffington Post. “It is imperative that the next president is tempered enough to carefully manage and navigate a potential nuclear crisis situation,” Tierney added. “The world’s safety and security literally weighs in the balance.” Read the full piece in The Huffington Post.
Fact Sheet: Nuclear Terrorism: A Clear and Present Danger
Updated March 2021 Nuclear terrorism – the threat by a terrorist group to obtain and use a nuclear weapon, or to acquire enough nuclear material to create and use a crude weapon or dirty bomb – poses a serious threat to the United States and its allies. A Pentagon review of U.S. nuclear policy indicated […]
Maintaining the Treaty on Open Skies
By Abigail Stowe-Thurston President Eisenhower first proposed the idea for an Open Skies agreement in 1955 as a confidence building measure between the United States and Soviet Union. Although no treaty came of the original negotiations, Gorbachev’s policies of openness and transparency in the 1980s made the USSR a more agreeable negotiating partner when George […]