FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rowan Humphries Communications Assistant 202.546.0795 #2106 rhumphries@armscontrolcenter.org (New York)—Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell delivered a statement on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on behalf of nongovernmental organizations at the 11th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT at UN headquarters in New York. The full text of […]
Cold War 2 arms race: Will we see a return of Atomic Bomb tests?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Express (UK) about the effects of pulling out of multiple arms control treaties. Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, believes while treaties currently in place are working to prevent further nuclear weapon testing, more work is required by President Donald […]
The Day That Changed the World Forever
By Abby Pokraka, Program Assistant On July 16, 1945, scientists conducted the Trinity Test. The world would never be the same. That test ushered in a new era dominated by the most immensely destructive weapons ever created. It led to a Cold War which saw, at its peak, more than 70,000 nuclear weapons on the […]
FLI Podcast: Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Back on the Horizon? With Jeffrey Lewis and Alex Bell
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Future of Life Institute for their podcast on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and nuclear weapons testing. Read the transcript or listen to the podcast. Nuclear weapons testing is mostly a thing of the past: The last nuclear weapon test explosion on US soil was conducted over 25 […]
Russia ‘probably’ violating nuclear test ban treaty, top US official says
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about a U.S. military official’s accusation that Russia was violating a testing ban. “This seems to be rumours masquerading as an actual compliance assessment,” said Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official and now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control and […]
