Executive Director John Tierney spoke to POLITICO about what a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives could mean for nuclear weapons policy. But not everyone thinks cutting one leg of the triad will be easy. They cite the political clout of defense contractors and their political supporters in both parties, including the so-called ICBM Caucus — […]
Op-ed: We don’t have a missile gap in Asia. We have a diplomacy gap.
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Leaders and citizens across Europe are understandably worried about security on the continent as the United States and Russia consider the fate of the INF Treaty. With only one formal strategic stability dialogue in the 21 months that President Trump […]
Crippling Iran sanctions around the corner, but what will EU do?
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with Sinclair about the new sanctions being imposed on Iran. But James McKeon with the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, said the European Union appears to be trying to continue its business relationship with Iran as outlined in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “From their stand point they are […]
Op-ed: In the Shadow of Reagan’s Legacy, Trump is Failing
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell writes in Inkstick that President Trump is not living up to Ronald Reagan’s nuclear legacy — but he has time to change this. Hofdi House, the site of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit, is a small, unassuming place — a more likely setting for a fairytale than a showdown between the two […]
Op-ed: There’s no such thing as a perfect nuclear arms deal. Trump doesn’t get that.
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell writes in the Washington Post that President Trump doesn’t seem to understand that no arms control deal is perfect, and we can’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. When President Trump walked away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA — he called it […]
