Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The National Interest about the ongoing denuclearization negotiations with North Korea. As Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, explained to the National Interest, “[The] Hanoi [summit] was a failure for many reasons, not the least of which was lack of preparation. […]
North Korea says it tested a ‘powerful warhead’
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNBC following North Korea’s test of a weapon. “This is a volatile country that holds the entire world at risk but, at this point, it just seems like a bunch of propaganda and a way to remind the Trump administration why they were negotiating in the first place,” […]
Op-ed: Why it’s time to negotiate a mutual No First Use policy with North Korea
Abigail Stowe-Thurston, our Program Coordinator for No First Use policy, wrote an op-ed in NK News: Despite the ceremony and fanfare leading up to the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the leaders departed early and emptyhanded. The U.S. and North Korean leaders suggested that negotiations would continue even though no deal was reached […]
Mike Pompeo Again Refuses To Blame Kim Jong Un For Otto Warmbier’s Death
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Huffington Post about Mike Pompeo’s refusal to blame North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for American student Otto Warmbier’s death, and U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski’s line of questioning in a hearing. Alexandra Bell, a senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said Pompeo has […]
The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Abigail Stowe-Thurston What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston shared insights with The National Interest on what happens next after the Hanoi Summit. She focused on the need for diplomacy, no matter how messy, to avoid military action. “Despite the fact that the United States and North Korea walked away from the Hanoi summit empty-handed, American and North Korean interests […]
