Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The National Interest about the ongoing denuclearization negotiations with North Korea. As Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, explained to the National Interest, “[The] Hanoi [summit] was a failure for many reasons, not the least of which was lack of preparation. […]
Trump admin aiming for major nuclear deal with Russia and China
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNN about including China in potential arms control deals with the United States and Russia. “The only reason you bring up China is if you have no intention of extending the New START Treaty,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. […]
(Translation): Return of chemical weapons: Molecules of terror
Members of the Science Working Group Gregory Koblentz and John Gilbert spoke with German publication Deutschlandfunk about the dangers of and return of chemical weapons use. From a translated page: Gregory Koblentz is a chemical weapons expert from the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation in Washington DC: “The IS has repeatedly used chemical weapons. Although […]
North Korea says it tested a ‘powerful warhead’
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNBC following North Korea’s test of a weapon. “This is a volatile country that holds the entire world at risk but, at this point, it just seems like a bunch of propaganda and a way to remind the Trump administration why they were negotiating in the first place,” […]
Op-ed: Why it’s time to negotiate a mutual No First Use policy with North Korea
Abigail Stowe-Thurston, our Program Coordinator for No First Use policy, wrote an op-ed in NK News: Despite the ceremony and fanfare leading up to the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the leaders departed early and emptyhanded. The U.S. and North Korean leaders suggested that negotiations would continue even though no deal was reached […]
