Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Circa about the effects of Rex Tillerson’s firing on the potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. “There are some rumors that perhaps what was conveyed by the South Koreans was not exactly what the North Koreans had envisioned and they are now assessing the possibilities […]
Trump Summit Gamble With North Korea’s Kim Tosses Out Orthodoxy
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Bloomberg about the obstacles the Trump administration will face in negotiating with North Korea. “It’s the Iran deal times 100 because they already have a workable nuclear weapons program with the rudimentary ability to deliver those weapons,” said Bell, who served in the Office of the Under Secretary […]
A Trump-Kim Summit: ‘Why the Hell Not?’
Board member Jim Walsh spoke to The Atlantic about the planned U.S.-North Korean summit. “I’m elated and horrified at the same time,” said Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at the MIT Security Studies Program and a board member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “Elated because the parties are talking; horrified by […]
Trump’s North Korea Dilemma: Asking For Billions For Missile Defense Without Freaking People Out
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke to BuzzFeed News about the balance President Trump is forced to find between reassurance and asking for funding. “This is really just throwing good money after bad because we already know that they are not effective,” Philip Coyle, a former assistant secretary of defense who headed the Pentagon’s test […]
CTV News: Reaction to North Korean Invitation
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with CTV (Canada) News on the potential U.S.-North Korean summit. He said any steps taken away from military action in North Korea is a positive diplomatic development. But, he said, the first thing the White House should do is fully staff North Korea and negotiations experts at the State Department. “The […]
