President Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a landmark agreement negotiated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. This episode dives into the consequences of the decision and what it could mean for broader nuclear arms control moving forward. We’re joined by two premier experts: Lynn […]
Trump is ‘aiding and abetting’ the arms race
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Voice of America radio about President Trump’s comments that the arms race and $716B Pentagon budget are “crazy.”
Democrats going nuclear to rein in Trump’s arms buildup
Executive Director John Tierney spoke to POLITICO about what a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives could mean for nuclear weapons policy. But not everyone thinks cutting one leg of the triad will be easy. They cite the political clout of defense contractors and their political supporters in both parties, including the so-called ICBM Caucus — […]
Op-ed: In the Shadow of Reagan’s Legacy, Trump is Failing
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell writes in Inkstick that President Trump is not living up to Ronald Reagan’s nuclear legacy — but he has time to change this. Hofdi House, the site of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit, is a small, unassuming place — a more likely setting for a fairytale than a showdown between the two […]
Op-ed: There’s no such thing as a perfect nuclear arms deal. Trump doesn’t get that.
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell writes in the Washington Post that President Trump doesn’t seem to understand that no arms control deal is perfect, and we can’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. When President Trump walked away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA — he called it […]
