Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Financial Times about the Nuclear Posture Review. “I think it’s a dangerous and destabilising break with 40 years of bipartisan efforts to reduce nuclear threats around the world,” said Alexandra Bell at the Center for Arms Control and a former non-proliferation official at the state department. She argued […]
Donald Trump Is Playing a Dangerous Game of Nuclear Poker
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was featured in the Time Magazine February 12 cover story weighing in on nuclear miscalculation. Philip Coyle, a former test director at the Nevada Test Site, also warned about the chance of miscalculation. “This is a time where we need more thought about where we’ve been and where we’re headed,” […]
Op-ed: The blessing and curse of blood irradiators
Senior Policy Analyst Sara Z. Kutchesfahani wrote an op-ed in The Hill about the dangers blood irradiators in hospitals can pose for nuclear terrorism. “Life-saving blood transfusions happen every day in the United States and around the world. In order to make sure blood used in a transfusion is free from infections and bacteria, hospitals […]
Just say no to nukes
Ambassador Thomas Graham, a member of our National Advisory Board, was profiled in a piece by the Corvallis Gazette-Times while on a stop promoting his new book, “The Alternate Route.” “In case some of you believe we don’t have to worry about nuclear weapons anymore — that the Cold War is over, or the Super Bowl […]
Dr. Strangelove Or: How We Learned to Start Worrying and Hate the Bomb
Today marks the 54th anniversary of the release of Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, the Cold War-era classic often seen as the ultimate comedy on decidedly unfunny nuclear war. The movie, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, is the story of an insane general who sets […]
