By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow For years, construction of the Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has been a thorn in the side of the Department of Energy. The program has been plagued by cost overruns and delayed schedules. The facility, which was originally slated to be constructed […]
Former Congressman, Arms Control Expert: There Is Little for Negotiators to Build Upon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anna Schumann (June 12, 2018 — WASHINGTON) Former Congressman John Tierney, Executive Director of the Council for a Livable World, released the following statement after the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore: “President Trump has gone from his pre-summit ‘reality TV mindset’ that the whole nuclear disarmament issue could be resolved in a […]
Broken Arrow News: China, India and Pakistan
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow There’s a lot going on in nuclear weapons news, all around the world. It’s already a challenge to stay on top of the daily headlines about North Korea and Iran. To help you stay up-to-date on nuclear issues everywhere else, we at the Center are starting up Broken Arrow News: a weekly […]
Former Congressman, Arms Control Expert: Trump Should Let Expert Diplomats Take the Lead in North Korea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Today’s decision to cancel the proposed Trump-Kim summit further adds chaos into an already chaotic diplomatic strategy toward North Korea,” said John Tierney, Executive Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and a former U.S. Congressman. “The first rule of diplomacy is to always consult your allies, yet our key […]
Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War through Education
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow Nuclear weapons present an existential danger to the world. Over a few generations now, the world has wrestled with tough questions about these weapons: do they make us safer or less safe? Can we continue to rely on nuclear deterrence to protect us? How can we reduce the risks of […]
