Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Associated Press about the U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty. Alexandra Bell, a former State Department official and currently the senior policy director at the nonpartisan nonprofit Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said withdrawal from Open Skies will rub allies the wrong way. “I absolutely […]
Trump administration to withdraw from Open Skies treaty in a further erosion of arms control pacts with Russia
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Washington Post about the U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty. “The problems we were having with Open Skies did not defeat the object and the purpose of the treaty,” said Alex Bell, a senior director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “It never appeared […]
United States Making Sure Nukes Are Safe and Reliable
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with AM 740 KTRH (Houston) news radio about why the United States doesn’t need to conduct explosive nuclear tests. Nuclear expert Alexandra Bell, a former senior advisor at the State Department, says the United States hasn’t detonated a nuclear bomb since 1992. Bell says with improved science and technology alongside […]
MU lab plans COVID-19 research
Lynn Klotz, a senior science fellow and member of the Scientists’ Working Group and Chemical and Biological Weapons, spoke with the Columbia Daily Tribune about biocontainment labs. Lynn Klotz, senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has written and researched extensively about the biocontainment labs. A February 2019 piece in “Bulletin […]
What the coronavirus can teach us about nuclear weapons
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Responsible Statecraft about lessons a pandemic can teach the United States about defense spending. Alexandra Bell, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the coronavirus pandemic lays bare mismanaged national security priorities that assume a strong, well-equipped military is the key to security. […]
