| has gloss | eng: The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century. Formerly known as Council for a Livable World Education Fund, it became an independent organization in 1980. It facilitates the work of the Council for a Livable World, founded in 1962 by eminent nuclear physicist Leo Szilard and other scientists who worked in the pioneer days of atomic weapons, by producing technical analysis on pressing nuclear proliferation and other security issues. Today, the Center also works to enhance other areas of international security. Since 2009, it has provided running commentary on United States nuclear weapons policy and other issues of national and international security on its blog, Nukes of Hazard . The Center is funded by grants from private foundations and the generosity of thousands of individual donors. |
