(MAY 21 – WASHINGTON) In response to the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Executive Director and former nine-term Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) released the following statement: “It is not surprising that President Trump would pull out of yet another important treaty, […]
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 […]
United States Making Sure Nukes Are Safe and Reliable
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with AM 740 KTRH (Houston) news radio about why the United States doesn’t need to conduct explosive nuclear tests. Nuclear expert Alexandra Bell, a former senior advisor at the State Department, says the United States hasn’t detonated a nuclear bomb since 1992. Bell says with improved science and technology alongside […]
The Catholic Church in the 75th year of the nuclear age
By Isabel Martinez On November 24, 2019, Pope Francis delivered a speech on nuclear threats in Nagasaki during a three-day visit to Japan. In doing so, he became the second pope to visit both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, following Pope John Paul II in 1981. In his speech, Pope Francis worried the world has grown content with “a false sense […]
A worthless withdrawal: Two years since President Trump abandoned the JCPOA
By Samuel M. Hickey May 8 marked two years since President Trump formally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, while maintaining that “[i]t is the policy of the United States that Iran be denied a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles.” Since then, the Trump […]
