Golden Dome or Golden Scam: The False Promise of Strategic Missile Defense
This report evaluates claims stemming from an announcement by President Trump in 2025 that the U.S. could build a near-100% effective missile defense system within three years at a cost of $175 billion. However, the report finds such effectiveness is unrealistic and far more costly.
New Britain Progressive – Nuclear Weapons Deliver No Security, Only the Promise of Annihilation
In this op-ed, Joe Wasserman highlights advocacy efforts by members of Back from the Brink CT, who urged Senator Chris Murphy to cosponsor S.Res. 323, a resolution calling for a halt and reversal of the nuclear arms race. The piece warns that growing global conflict, the erosion of arms control agreements, and nuclear weapons remaining on hair-trigger alert increase the risk of catastrophic nuclear war, while calling for renewed public and political leadership toward nuclear disarmament.
