By John Tierney and James McKeon Editor’s note: This article is cross-posted on Just Security. In the weeks since the end of the Hanoi Summit, competing narratives have emerged between the United States and North Korea. The Trump Administration stated that President Trump unsuccessfully pushed North Korea to “go bigger” and dismantle much, if not […]
Women in Nuclear History: Bella Abzug
By Rachel Emond, Scoville Fellow Bella Abzug: A young, empowered woman from the Bronx who grew up to be a founder of Women Strike for Peace, a woman-led organization that began lobbying for nuclear nonproliferation in 1961. Perhaps one of my biggest pet peeves is when organizations, businesses, and individuals only focus on the contributions […]
Op-ed: Hanoi Summit: Where were the women?
Scoville Fellow Rachel Emond was published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists diving into the key issue of where the women were in President Trump’s and Chairman Kim’s nuclear negotiations. Based on the pictures from the second Trump-Kim summit, it looks like the women who spent the most time in the room where the […]
Debate: Does withdrawal from the INF Treaty harm U.S. national security interests?
Policy Analyst James McKeon participated in a debate on whether U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty harms U.S. national security interests. He argues that it does.
Failed Hanoi Summit Could Reset Productive Nuclear Talks
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with Voice of America about the abrupt end to the second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.