Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with U.S. News and World Report about a potential decision on whether to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia. The Trump administration has faced sharp criticism for its position on the New START treaty, particularly in insisting the agreement must include China, even though […]
Trump administration to withdraw from Open Skies treaty in a further erosion of arms control pacts with Russia
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Washington Post about the U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty. “The problems we were having with Open Skies did not defeat the object and the purpose of the treaty,” said Alex Bell, a senior director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “It never appeared […]
Fact Sheet: The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Inventory
Updated July 2021 One of five nuclear-weapon states recognized under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the United Kingdom had until 2021 been in the process of reducing the overall size of its nuclear weapon stockpile. The United Kingdom maintains a minimal deterrent with the smallest deployed nuclear arsenal of the nuclear-weapon states. Its nuclear forces are […]
Trump administration determined to exit treaty reducing risk of war
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about the Trump Administration’s seeming intentions to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. “The administration has yet to put forward any proposals on how to fix the two main issues that we’re having with the treaty, and our allies have reiterated again and again, that they […]
Fact Sheet: France’s Nuclear Inventory
France began its nuclear weapons program in the early 1950s in an effort to restore political and military parity with their perceived peers and potential adversaries. In the wake of the United Kingdom and Russia acquiring nuclear capabilities, France moved quickly and produced its first plutonium bomb on July 1, 1963. The size, structure and doctrine […]
