Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to The Guardian about a Pentagon document made public in error touting nuclear weapons. Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official said: “This seems to be another instance of this administration being both tone-deaf and disorganised.” Bell, now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control […]
Op-ed: Will the Real Godzilla Please Stand Up?
Scoville Fellow Rachel Emond and Policy Intern Deverrick Holmes spent a combined 30 hours watching Godzilla movies and 20 hours writing to become experts on how Hollywood forgot Godzilla’s nuclear past. Their work is featured in Inkstick Media. “Almost everyone has heard of Godzilla, even if they’ve never seen a Godzilla movie. What most people […]
Op-ed: Cooking the WMD Books: Politicizing the 2019 State Department Compliance Report
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in Just Security about the dangers of politicizing an arms control compliance report. “Instead of following its mandate to describe things that have already happened, the authors of the 2019 Compliance Report decided to write about things that might happen. The phrase “raises serious questions” appears repeatedly. […]
Putin moves to leave weapons treaty as US accuses Russia of nuclear violations
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNN about a senior military official’s accusations that Russia was doing nuclear testing. “This accusation comes with absolutely zero evidence to support it,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. She noted the lack of details Ashley offered. “There was no […]
Russia ‘probably’ violating nuclear test ban treaty, top US official says
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about a U.S. military official’s accusation that Russia was violating a testing ban. “This seems to be rumours masquerading as an actual compliance assessment,” said Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official and now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control and […]
