The United States and United Kingdom completed the largest removal of HEU to the US in National Nuclear Security Administration history — nearly 700-kilogram of HEU were removed. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty commended effort: “This joint effort highlights our strong cooperation and mutual nonproliferation goals.”
How to Avoid Another Korean War
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The National Interest about the ongoing denuclearization negotiations with North Korea. As Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, explained to the National Interest, “[The] Hanoi [summit] was a failure for many reasons, not the least of which was lack of preparation. […]
Remembering Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Richard (Dick) Lugar, a Republican Senator from Indiana from 1977-2013, passed away Sunday, April 28, leaving behind a legacy of leadership on nuclear arms control. That legacy includes the seminal Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, which helped secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in former Soviet states after the end of the Cold […]
Multilateral Arms Control Is a Worthy Goal, But Not At the Expense of Current Vital Agreements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director 202.546.0795 #2115 aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (April 26, 2019 – WASHINGTON) President Trump has ordered his administration to push for new arms-control agreements with Russia and China, but details on how to achieve such an ambitious goal were lacking. Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell said that this Administration’s interest […]
Trump admin aiming for major nuclear deal with Russia and China
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNN about including China in potential arms control deals with the United States and Russia. “The only reason you bring up China is if you have no intention of extending the New START Treaty,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. […]