Programs Assistant Erin Connolly co-wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist with former Scoville Fellow Kate Hewitt about their mission to educate high school students about nuclear weapons policy. “How many countries have nuclear weapons?” we asked. Students shouted out answers: one, seven, 34, all of the countries in the world. “Which […]
Mike Pompeo Says Sanctions Will Remain on North Korea Until Complete Denuclearization
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Time about President Trump’s decision to pause joint military drills in South Korea without consulting allies. Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation tells TIME that while pausing the drills “may, in the end, be the right move” the decision should […]
A brush with history
Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Sara Z. Kutchesfahani was quoted in London’s The World Weekly about how unprecedented North Korea giving up its nuclear weapons would be. “While we have seen countries give up their nuclear ambitions, we have never seen a country give up its nuclear weapons before – at least a country that we know […]
Trump’s Singapore Summit Was Far From Perfect, But It’s Better Than Threatening War
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Huffington Post about the demands made during the Trump-Kim summit. Those demands resembled what Republicans pushed for when the Obama administration was pursuing negotiations with Iran, but they aren’t realistic, or even necessarily desirable, said Alexandra Bell, a former State Department official who worked on arms control issues. […]
Who “Won” The North Korea Summit Is A Lot More Complicated Than You Think
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Bustle about “winning” a nuclear negotiations summit. “The North Koreans didn’t really have to give us anything, and we gave them something that was really important to them, which was equal footing on a global stage,” she says, noting that promises to freeze the country’s missile and nuclear […]
