By James Loftis, Policy Intern Shortly after news first broke on the outbreak of a novel coronavirus within the city of Wuhan in central China, conspiracy theories focused on the origin of the virus began popping up on social media feeds in the United States. The conspiracy theories and accusations that followed underscore the need for […]
North Korea’s “increasingly sophisticated” nuclear program threatens U.S.: DOD
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with NK News about the Trump administration’s lack of ongoing negotiations with North Korea. “It is not news to anyone that North Korea continues to advance its nuclear weapons and missile capabilities or that Iran continues to improve its ballistic missile technologies,” said Bell, the senior policy director at […]
Fact Sheet: China’s Nuclear Inventory
Updated June 2025 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) began its nuclear weapons program in the 1950s with significant help from the Soviet Union, which contributed advisors and technical equipment. When Sino-Soviet relations cooled at the end of that decade, China moved forward on its own and successfully tested its first nuclear weapon in October […]
Op-ed: America Needs Immediate (Socially Distanced) Negotiations with North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in The National Interest explaining the need for talks between the United States and North Korea to resume immediately, even during Covid-19. As has been noted for many months, the Trump Administration’s comically over-produced and substantively underwhelming attempts at nuclear diplomacy with North Korea have yielded no […]
Myanmar should finally come clean about its chemical weapons past—with US help
Gregory Koblentz, member of the Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Security, co-authored a piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Myanmar’s chemical weapons past. In November 2012, US President Barack Obama arrived at Aung San Suu Kyi’s mansion, the place where the iconic democracy activist had spent much of the last […]
