Help Us Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Dear John, Nuclear dangers are growing once again, and global peace and security are at severe risk. The stakes are high.
ACA is working harder than ever to address the increasingly difficult nuclear weapons challenges of our time. And we urgently need your help now.
This "Giving Tuesday" and beyond, we are asking you, along with other members and supporters, to pitch in with a contribution of $1,000, $500, $250, or an amount that works for you.
If you give now, the value of your contribution will be doubled! Until the end of the year, all donations up to $20,000 will be matched thanks to a generous ACA member who understands the urgency of the moment.
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How the second Trump administration will navigate the nuclear weapons-related challenges ahead is not yet clear. What is clear is that we must reinforce the guardrails against nuclear catastrophe. That’s why we're rolling up our sleeves to:
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Prevent a new nuclear buildup. New START, the last remaining agreement limiting the massive U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, will expire in 2026. China is expanding its arsenal. Some are pushing costly new proposals to expand the size of the U.S. arsenal, adding to the obscene $1.5 trillion price tag for nuclear modernization. Without new forms of restraint, the United States and Russia could increase the size of their arsenals for the first time in 35 years.
ACA is leading the way to explain why more nuclear weapons won't make us safer, and we are making the case with Republicans and Democrats that Trump and Putin have an opportunity to strike an informal deal agreeing not to increase the size of their deployed arsenals so long as the other does not increase theirs. This would decrease tensions and provide time to explore a more comprehensive nuclear arms control framework.
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Block the resumption of nuclear testing. The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 have proposed reducing the time necessary to resume nuclear testing to 6-months, and some Trump advisors have straight-up called for the resumption of U.S. nuclear testing, which would set off a nuclear testing chain reaction and blow apart the global nonproliferation system. ACA has succeeded in turning back plans to renew testing before, and we stand ready to do so again.
- Use diplomacy to head-off a nuclear-armed Iran. Since Trump pulled out of the successful 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Iran has revived its nuclear program and is just weeks away from producing enough material for one bomb. Trump is expected to pursue his earlier and unsuccessful "maximum pressure" sanctions policy to try to force Iran to reverse course.
Iran's new reformist president says he is open to dialogue with Washington on mutual de-escalatory steps, yet other regime leaders have threatened that Iran will withdraw from the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if tougher international sanctions are re-imposed.
ACA is pressing for Iran to give the IAEA full access to its sites and push leaders in Washington and in Europe to pursue more practical diplomatic solutions to keep Iran’s nuclear program in check.
Further progress will be challenging and take persistence. |
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We all need to pull together to prevent the breakdown moment when guardrails against nuclear catastrophe collapse. And we must prepare to seize the breakthrough moment when we can advance again in the direction of a world free of nuclear weapons.
For more than five decades, through Republican and Democratic administrations, ACA has delivered authoritative information and analysis, produced the leading publication in the field, Arms Control Today, and advanced solutions that have enhanced our safety and security during difficult times. Although the need for our work has grown, some of our major supporters -- private foundations dedicated to peace and security -- have reduced their grantmaking or have exited the field altogether.
That is why we really need extra help and financial support from individuals like you to sustain ACA’s critical contributions to advance commonsense nuclear weapons policies now and into the future.
We are grateful for your generous support over the years and hope we can count on you at this critical time. With appreciation, |
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Daryl G. Kimball,
Executive Director
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Thomas Countryman,
Board Chair
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