Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was quoted in The New York Times regarding a missile test from North Korea. “They have made clear in the past that they want to see some substantive deal by the end of the year ‘or else,’” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and […]
Nuclear Tensions: INF Treaty, Iran and North Korea
Policy Analyst Geoff Wilson spoke with Hearst Television about the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, effective August 2.
North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Missiles off Its East Coast; Test coincides with a visit to Seoul by national security adviser John Bolton
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with The Wall Street Journal about North Korea firing off short-range missiles. The North’s latest missile launch likely sends the message that the U.S. may be running out of time to offer North Korea some kind of concession, said Abigail Stowe-Thurston, program coordinator for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control […]
For Trump, Kim and Moon, the DMZ is for Diplomacy, but Promises are Hard to Keep
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with the Wall Street Journal about President Trump’s visit to the DMZ between North and South Korea, and meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. With the lower-level agreements going unfulfilled, hopes of making headway on “loftier promises,” including the goal of denuclearization, have hit a ceiling, says Abigail Stowe-Thurston, […]
Trump’s North Korea visit: Diplomatic breakthrough or publicity stunt?
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke to Sinclair about President Trump’s third visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Exchanging letters and engaging in summitry with a North Korean leader is certainly unorthodox, but North Korea’s political structure operates in a top-down manner, so it makes sense that there is a top-down element to diplomacy with […]