Democracy

  • California Aims to Reduce Risk of Nuclear War

    In part through the tireless work of several of our grantees, California just passed a state resolution urging Congress to support national legislation restricting the President's sole authority to launch a nuclear first strike. If you live in California, see how your California State Senator...

    August 29, 2018 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Nearly 500,000 to Congress: Take Trump’s Finger Off the Nuclear Button

    On Wednesday May 3, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, members of Congress accepted nearly 500,000 petition signatures collected by global security organizations, anti-nuclear weapons advocates, and progressive advocacy organizations in support of legislation that would limit President Trump...

    May 4, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • PETITION: Keep Donald Trump’s Finger off the Nuclear Button

    It’s too late to stop Donald Trump from becoming president. But it is not too late to stop him from impulsively blowing up the planet. With the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama could take our nuclear missiles off high alert, making sure that President Trump could not launch them rashly....

    December 21, 2016 - By Joe Cirincione
  • Arms Control in the Age of Trump: Lessons from the Nuclear Freeze Movement

    At this very moment, the United States and Russia are locked in a nuclear embrace. Our collective fates — and those of the rest of the world — are entangled in a mesh of ballistic missiles, nuclear submarines, and strategic bombers. Together, the US and Russia control more than 90% of the world’...

    December 14, 2016 - By Anonymous
  • Add Democracy to Nuclear Policy

    The 2016 US presidential campaign has, among other things, reminded the public that the president has the sole authority to launch a nuclear attack. While public discussion focused on the temperament, judgment and character of the person occupying the office of the presidency, it has also raised...

    November 15, 2016 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Beyond Clinton or Trump: Nuclear Weapons and Democracy

    In November, US citizens will head to the ballot box to elect a new president - yet among the American populace, the necessity of elections is increasingly up for debate. Data from the World Values Survey...

    September 27, 2016 - By Anonymous