Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about the status of the summit in North Korea. “At this point, it is easier for me to predict the exact weather on June 12 than it is to predict what will happen with the summit,” Alexandra Bell, a former State Department adviser for nuclear policy, told […]
Revealed: Pentagon Push to Hack Nuke Missiles Before They Launch
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to the DailyBeast about a Pentagon plan to hack other countries’ missiles. Former State Department nonproliferation official Alexandra Bell called the Pentagon plan an “exercise to legally justify a potential attack on a North Korean missile on the launchpad.” “This looks to me like a very elaborate legal justification […]
Will Trump and Kim hash out ‘something like the Iran deal’?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Deutsche Welle about the potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: If we came out of the summit with something like the Iran deal, that would be both positive and highly ironic. It would […]
Hostages no longer, meet the three Americans freed from North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with OZY about North Korea freeing American hostages ahead of a potential June 12 summit. This outcome is the result of “months of back-channel negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. State Department, both countries’ intelligence agencies and assistance from the Swedish Embassy,” says Alex Bell, senior policy director […]
Trump’s reality-show handling of prisoner release belies hard diplomacy ahead with North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Los Angeles Times about the effect of North Korea releasing three American hostages on future negotiations. Alexandra Bell, an expert in arms control, said, “He needs to know the asks and red lines, stick to the plan and react to what’s put on the table. You have […]
