Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell talked to ThinkProgress about the forthcoming nuclear posture review. “It’s concerning to me that the sections involving non-proliferation and nuclear security read as an afterthought,” Bell said. “It’s as if someone came along and said ‘You need to add this in.’” Bell was also concerned with the passivity of the […]
New Thinking On Nuclear Weapons
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was a guest on the 1A radio show on NPR discussing the forthcoming nuclear posture review, first-use policy, missile defense and future U.S. national security policy. Listen to the show or download the podcast
North Korea tensions ease ahead of Winter Olympics
Center board member Dick Klass was quoted in The Hill discussing talks between North and South Korea prior to the February Olympics. Retired Col. Richard Klass, a board member at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, likewise was skeptical the Olympics-inspired peace will last. “Enjoy the warm weather now,” he said, “because there’s a […]
Nuclear issues: Oh Happy Day
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Kris Welch of the radio show and podcast Talkies, hosted on KPFA in Berkeley. “The world, the United States, was appropriately shaken by the threats posed by the Cuban missile crisis and have spent the time since then moving away from the idea that anyone should use a […]
Op-ed: Dirty Bombs and Hospitals: Improving Domestic Security
Programs Assistant Erin Connolly wrote a column for the Hudson Institute following a presentation she gave on nuclear security issues in hospitals. The December 11, 2017 explosion in New York City’s Port Authority was a disruptive, but not a devastating attack. The perpetrator wore a homemade device that he constructed using information that he found on the […]
