Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Truthout about the potential a U.S. president has to make substantive changes through arms control. Alexandra Bell, senior policy director with the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation and co-author of the report “Blundering Toward Nuclear Chaos: The Trump Administration After Three Years,” expressed disbelief that Trump would “give up […]
Op-Ed: How the Arms Trade Treaty has influenced the US-China diplomatic chessboard
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey and former intern Jessica Budlong wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft about how the little-known Arms Trade Treaty has influenced the U.S.-China diplomatic chess board. Almost four years into its term, the Trump administration continues to abandon international security agreements at a dizzying clip. These actions are providing China with the […]
Trump’s Iran policy is rejected but the political battle wages on
By Samuel Hickey The president of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Dian Triansyah Djani of Indonesia, has determined that the Security Council cannot proceed with the United States’ effort to snap back sanctions on Iran. After quiet consultations with the 15-member body, he said that he was “not in a position to take further […]
Front and Center: August 17, 2020
WORLD HONORS 75TH ANNIVERSARIES OF U.S. BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI On August 6 and 9, the world came together to acknowledge the victims and survivors of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 years after two atomic bombs killed an estimated 200,000 people. The Center was proud to join a coalition of more […]
A Major Nuclear Arms Treaty Expires Next Year. What Happens Next?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with North Carolina Public Radio’s The State of Things about the New START agreement and the potential for nuclear accidents as long as nuclear weapons exist.
