Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Foreign Policy about the U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty. Meanwhile “we’re still doing verification with technologies from the 1970s,” said Alexandra Bell, a former senior Obama administration official now at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “The technology and tools of the information age haven’t been […]
The INF Treaty Is Dead. Is New START Next?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Foreign Policy about the United States’ withdrawal from the INF Treaty and what it could mean for our other treaty with Russia. “We have to think about what the world looks like with absolutely no constraints on these types of missiles at all,” said Alexandra Bell, an arms […]
Hospitals and Dirty Bombs: Removing Dangerous Radiological Material from the Public Space
Program Assistant Erin Connolly wrote an academic paper for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Weapons of mass destruction have proven to be an arduous aspiration for state and non-state actors given that they are generally kept in secure facilities. However, radiological materials such as cesium-137 do not share the same obstacles and are […]
Arms Control Expert, Former Congressman: Withdrawing from INF Treaty Makes Nuclear War More Likely
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anna Schumann 202.546.0795 #2115 aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org ARMS CONTROL EXPERT, FORMER CONGRESSMAN: WITHDRAWING FROM INF TREATY MAKES NUCLEAR WAR MORE LIKELY Non-partisan, non-profit nuclear policy organization opposes President Trump’s decision. (FEBRUARY 1, 2019 – WASHINGTON) Withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is tantamount to reigniting a nuclear arms race, said […]
Op-ed: Open Skies Treaty: A Quiet Legacy Under Threat
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell co-authored an article in Arms Control Today on the threats against the Open Skies Treaty. On a pleasant day in August 2017, a low-flying jet pierced secure airspace near the White House, the Capitol, and the Pentagon that had been mostly off-limits since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Surprise […]
