Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with OZY about North Korea freeing American hostages ahead of a potential June 12 summit. This outcome is the result of “months of back-channel negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. State Department, both countries’ intelligence agencies and assistance from the Swedish Embassy,” says Alex Bell, senior policy director […]
Trump’s reality-show handling of prisoner release belies hard diplomacy ahead with North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Los Angeles Times about the effect of North Korea releasing three American hostages on future negotiations. Alexandra Bell, an expert in arms control, said, “He needs to know the asks and red lines, stick to the plan and react to what’s put on the table. You have […]
Trump Pulls US Out of Iran Deal in Break With European Allies
Executive Director John Tierney went on BBC World News to discuss President Trump violating the Iran nuclear deal.
BREAKING: Trump violates Iran nuclear deal
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke to ThinkProgress about what withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal could mean. James McKeon, policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told ThinkProgress that the path forward in the next few months is far from clear. “The next step after that is that we don’t know, as […]
Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear deal: The agreement was “defective at its core”
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Mic about President Trump’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. But Trump reportedly informed the French president in a phone call Tuesday that he would withdraw the U.S. from the deal, and said in an announcement Tuesday afternoon that he would institute the “highest level” of economic sanctions against […]
