Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian (UK) about the ongoing confusion surrounding talks between the United States and Russia over the New START agreement. Alexandra Bell, a former state department official and now senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the pre-election urgency followed “literally months of […]
Front and Center: September 26, 2020
UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO ESCALATE SITUATION WITH IRAN On Saturday, September 19 at 8 p.m. EST, the United States declared a successful snapback of all UN Security Council resolutions on Iran and two days later threatened to sanction any country that deviated from its world view. This exceptional claim comes in anticipation of the scheduled expiration of […]
Op-ed: India, China, Pakistan: Three nuclear powers hurtling towards the boiling point
Program Coordinator Abby Pokraka wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft on the importance of paying attention to the tensions between the nuclear-armed states of India, Pakistan and China. For decades, India and Pakistan have clashed over Kashmir, the mountainous region both countries claim. But to make matters more complicated, China has a stake in the […]
Hold Russia accountable for latest chemical weapons attack
Scientists Working Group member Gregory Koblentz co-authored an op-ed in The Hill about the need to hold Russia accountable for its most recent chemical weapons attack against Alexei Navalny. To uphold long-standing international norms and laws against the use of chemical weapons, Washington and its allies should impose meaningful sanctions on Moscow. Russia has repeatedly […]
The President and the Nuclear Button
With the 2020 presidential election looming large, it’s a good time to take a look at the absolute power the President of the United States has over U.S. nuclear weapons. Policy Analyst and Host Geoff Wilson sat down with Dr. Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology, to discuss the […]