Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with NK News about North Korea’s continued building up of its nuclear weapons program. “With each passing day, North Korea is advancing its nuclear program,” Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation, told NK News. Bell is a former senior advisor in the […]
Four Nuclear Submarines and a Tory Majority: Why renewed calls for Scottish independence could spell trouble for the UK’s nuclear weapons
By Liv Galbraith While the path to an independent Scotland faces significant roadblocks, the renewed possibility of Scottish independence brings up questions about Scotland, the United Kingdom, and their respective places in the world. One of these questions, unresolved from 2014, is as much a question of the philosophical as the practical: what is the future of […]
Op-ed: The US has a backup plan to kill the Iran nuclear deal. It could spark a crisis at the UN.
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey partnered with Julia Masterson at the Arms Control Association to co-author a piece explaining how the United States could kill the Iran nuclear deal via the United Nations. Early in January, the European members of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran made a risky move by triggering the deal’s dispute resolution […]
Trump to request 20 percent boost in nuclear spending
Policy Analyst Geoff Wilson spoke to the Santa Fe New Mexican about a requested increase in nuclear weapons spending. “We maintain a total nuclear weapons arsenal of some 4,000 active weapons”” said Geoff Wilson, policy analyst at the nonprofit Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, in an emailed statement. “Perhaps instead of doubling down on […]
Citing nuclear North Korea, “Doomsday Clock” moves closer than ever to midnight
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to NK News about how the current climate between the U.S. and North Korea played a critical role in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ decision to move the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. “It is no surprise that the Doomsday Clock is now closer to midnight than it […]