Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Representative Mark Pocan on his podcast With Liberty and Justice for Some about President Trump’s nuclear threats on Iran and increases in defense funding for this year’s President’s Budget Request.
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Boomtown: How Futuristic Weapons Could Power Albuquerque
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Undark about directed energy research. Academic researchers like Schamiloglu, though, are working on solving those problems. And according to Harrison and Richardson, the need for that kind of basic research is keeping directed energy funding stable. That’s not true of funding for other fields of science. “You look to where […]
How accurate is A House of Dynamite? Experts sort fact from fiction
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Times about “A House of Dynamite” and missile defense. John Tierney, the executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and a former nine-term congressman from Massachusetts, also praised the film’s accuracy. “It’s close enough that people should be concerned,” he said. “This has been a scam […]
80 Years After the Bomb, How Much Longer Will Our Luck Last?
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Diplomat about the need for renewed arms control efforts. According to John Tierney, executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, today there is a tremendous lack of political leadership in pursuing arms control. He said it’s important to insist on a return to arms control in the […]
Trump escalates nuclear tensions as Russia deadline nears
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 […]
