Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with US News and World Report about the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, effective August 2. “It could emplace nuclear warheads on intermediate-range missiles, if it wanted to,” says Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Bell added, however, that […]
US pulls out of nuclear treaty, Pentagon to test new missile
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNN about the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which ended August 2. Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the non-partisan Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation, explains that “with this type of missile there’s very short warning, attacks are harder to spot by radar, so […]
FLI Podcast: Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Back on the Horizon? With Jeffrey Lewis and Alex Bell
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Future of Life Institute for their podcast on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and nuclear weapons testing. Read the transcript or listen to the podcast. Nuclear weapons testing is mostly a thing of the past: The last nuclear weapon test explosion on US soil was conducted over 25 […]
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 […]
