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 […]
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 […]
Countdown to Doomsday: The Asia Factor
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to The Diplomat about the role the Asian-Pacific plays in fueling nuclear tensions worldwide in light of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moving the Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds to midnight. “We have to invest in strong, smart diplomacy, even if that means abandoning the allure of quick […]
