Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was interviewed by The Huffington Post on John Bolton’s appointment as National Security Advisor. Alexandra Bell, the senior policy director at The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the timing of the Bolton announcement may give credence to skeptics who felt the acceptance of a meeting with Kim was merely […]
World Panorama. Transition on foreign policy
Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Sara Z. Kutchesfahani spoke with Latvian Public Media about Mike Pompeo being slated to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. You can watch her interview around the 16-minute mark. The program is in Latvian.
Tillerson firing complicates calculus surrounding Trump-Kim summit, experts say
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Circa about the effects of Rex Tillerson’s firing on the potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. “There are some rumors that perhaps what was conveyed by the South Koreans was not exactly what the North Koreans had envisioned and they are now assessing the possibilities […]
Trump Summit Gamble With North Korea’s Kim Tosses Out Orthodoxy
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Bloomberg about the obstacles the Trump administration will face in negotiating with North Korea. “It’s the Iran deal times 100 because they already have a workable nuclear weapons program with the rudimentary ability to deliver those weapons,” said Bell, who served in the Office of the Under Secretary […]
A Trump-Kim Summit: ‘Why the Hell Not?’
Board member Jim Walsh spoke to The Atlantic about the planned U.S.-North Korean summit. “I’m elated and horrified at the same time,” said Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at the MIT Security Studies Program and a board member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “Elated because the parties are talking; horrified by […]