Background

FCNL has begun publishing a series of papers outlining the arguments against building a new intercontinental ballistic missile force.

When Diane Randall asked nuclear disarmament expert Dr.

On my very first day as a Young Fellow at FCNL, I attended a lobby meeting on Capitol Hill with a senate staffer. Despite being told that I should not feel pressured to contribute much to the meeting—which I was pretty sure meant I really should not even speak—I was overwhelmed with nerves.

Congress, the administration, and the nonprofit sector all recognize they need to do more to bring the voices of women and people of color into foreign policy decision-making.

Diane Randall submitted written testimony supporting increased funding for the Complex Crises Fund and the Atrocity Prevention Fund to the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee in May of 2021.

For more than six years, Saudi Arabia has imposed an air and sea blockade on Yemen that has restricted the flow of vital commercial and humanitarian goods into the country.

Grounded in Quaker principles of stewardship and the human dignity of all people, FCNL is working to advance environmental policies that will meaningfully address the climate crisis and move us towards right relationship with our communities and Earth.

The Complex Crises Fund (CCF) supports the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in responding to emergent conflicts and crises.

The Pentagon wants to replace its arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program expected to cost around $260 billion over its lifecycle. These new nuclear missiles, part of a $1.6 trillion nuclear weapons modernization project, are costly, unnecessary, and dangerous.

The Atrocities Prevention Fund (AP Fund) provides resources to the Department of State for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities, including by acting on the recommendations of the Atrocity Early Warning Task Force. The AP Fund is critical to the implementation of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act.