Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with La Tercera, a Chilean newspaper about the potential for a new arms race following U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty. “It can certainly trigger and arms race. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty prohibited the production and deployment of ground-based ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 […]
Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about Sen. Warren’s proposed no-first-use bill. “It’s a political commitment,” Bell told me. “It signals to the world about where we want to go toward a deterrent-based posture. You need the policy and the force behind it.” … To proponents of no first use, all of that […]
A Farewell to Arms Control?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was on the Wake weekly broadcast, speaking on the U.S.’ planned withdrawal from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
U.S., Russia Must Extend Arms Control Agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Schumann 202.546.0795 #2115 aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (FEBRUARY 5, 2019 – WASHINGTON) On the anniversary of its signing, former Congressman and arms control expert John Tierney says it is imperative for the United States and Russia to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). If not, Congress must withhold funding […]
Trump Once Wanted to Negotiate With Russia Over Nukes. Then Mueller Happened.
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Foreign Policy about the U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty. Meanwhile “we’re still doing verification with technologies from the 1970s,” said Alexandra Bell, a former senior Obama administration official now at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “The technology and tools of the information age haven’t been […]
