Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an article for the SAIS Review of International Affairs on the upcoming 75th anniversaries of the beginning of the nuclear age, and where the world should go from here. As the 75th year of the nuclear age fast approaches, the world faces an uncertain future. Nine nations possess nuclear […]
Reciprocate U.S. calls for dialogue, ambassador to UN urges North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was quoted in North Korea News amid a diplomatic stalemate ahead of North Korea’s impending deadline before a year-end “Christmas gift” to the United States. “For North Korea, ‘economic development’ and integration ‘into the international community’ are not nearly as important as security guarantees for the regime,” Alexandra Bell, the […]
North Korean ballistic missile tests are very standard. Say WHAT?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was the featured guest on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ video series, Say WHAT? She discussed the different approaches the Trump Administration is taking to North Korea, which does have nuclear weapons, and Iran, which does not.
The Big Red Button
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell and Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston were guests on the Why It Matters podcast discussing the fact that a U.S. president can launch a first-strike nuclear attack at any time and, according to the law, does not need to seek advice first.
Op-ed: Abandoning Open Skies: Trump Would Be Squandering More of Our Security Inheritance
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell and FCNL’s Anthony Wier co-wrote an op-ed in Just Security about the importance of remaining in the Open Skies Treaty. Last December, 25 Americans, along with counterparts from Canada, Germany, France, Romania, and the United Kingdom, joined Ukrainians on an urgent mission to help them defend their nation. A few days […]