Nuclear Weapons

The New York Times had a great editorial today on the collision of two nuclear missile submarines earlier in February: Two nuclear missile submarines — one British, one French — armed with a [...]

It's a big win early in the year, and I just wanted to say thank you! Thanks to your help, the House and Senate conference committee announced that it cut $1 billion slated for the National [...]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-cirincione/cut-the-nuclear-pork-from_b_165478.html By: Joe Cirincione President of Ploughshares Fund Posted February 9, 2009 | 11:58 PM (EST) Cut the Nuclear [...]

Amidst the billions of dollars for good things like creating jobs and investment in infrastructure is $1 billion in funding for nuclear weapons. It’s all part of the economic stimulus plan. [...]

The Times Online has good news for all of us as they report that President Obama will work with Russia to reduce both nations’ stockpiles down to 1,000 nuclear warheads each, an 80 percent [...]

URGENT –Make US Leadership to Abolish Nuclear Weapons a Top Ten Idea to Change America Dear Friends, Here’s a chance to really make a difference. The website Change.org is holding a contest to [...]

It’s a new year. With President-elect Obama set to take office this month and a new Congress ready to go, 2009 is fresh with opportunities. And Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) is ready to seize one [...]

Please support these actions by our colleagues at Just Foreign Policy As of this writing, our modest proposal, “Take Concrete Steps to Engage Iran,” now has 136 votes at change.org. [...]

Thousands of you have already sent a message to the Obama transition team opposing Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense. Thank you! A few of you also wrote to express concern that we may not be [...]

The US and Russia have begun talks on a replacement for the landmark Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the US and Russia, set to expire in December of next year. The United States [...]