Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to The Washington Post about President Trump’s claim that Iran could build nuclear weapons in seven years under the JCPOA. The president may have been referring to “Termination Day” in October 2025, when provisions of a U.N. resolution endorsing the deal expire, or he may have been referring to […]
Nuclear experts on mission to educate young people
Program Assistant Erin Connolly went to Washington to educate high school and college students on nuclear policy issues. As featured in the Spokesman-Review: “The nuclear policy debate is critical for the next generation to understand for many reasons, but ultimately this debate has become so abstract and removed from the American public, we feel the […]
The Demilitarized Zone, where Kim Jong Un and Trump might meet: a brief guide
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about the potential Trump-Kim meeting taking place in the Korean DMZ. “In choosing the DMZ, my fear is that the Trump administration is focused on optics, rather than substance or practicality,” Alexandra Bell, a nuclear expert at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told me. “Given […]
Netanyahu says Iran ‘lied’ about nukes: Will new intel convince Trump to kill Iran deal?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Circa about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s presentation about the Iran nuclear deal. “Everybody is making their closing arguments before the president decides what to do on the 12th,” said Alexandra Bell, who served in the State Department’s arms control bureau during the Iran nuclear negotiations. That includes […]
Netanyahu’s theatrics help push Trump towards Iran deal withdrawal
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s anti-Iran-nuclear-deal press conference. “There was nothing there. There was nothing that the IAEA did not know, and all the theatrics and circa-2004 PowerPoint were a bit silly,” said Alexandra Bell, a former state department expert, now senior policy director at […]
