Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about the potential Trump-Kim meeting taking place in the Korean DMZ. “In choosing the DMZ, my fear is that the Trump administration is focused on optics, rather than substance or practicality,” Alexandra Bell, a nuclear expert at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told me. “Given […]
(Translation) As in less than a year threat of nuclear war has turned into a promise of peace between Koreas
Executive Director John Tierney spoke to BBC Brazil about his concerns about the process of achieving peace on the Korean peninsula. The possibility of an apocalyptic scenario came not only from the general public, but from experts such as John Tierney, a former US Congressman for the Democratic Party and current executive director of the […]
Op-ed: Three Strikes Means Bolton Should Be Out
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell and Policy Analyst James McKeon wrote an op-ed in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists detailing concerns with John Bolton’s foreign policy blunders. “While it might surprise some, there are actually standards of civility in Washington. There is an understanding that to account for unforeseen changes in hierarchies (a subordinate […]
Tillerson firing complicates calculus surrounding Trump-Kim summit, experts say
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 […]
