Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about the appointment of Marshall Billingslea as nuclear envoy. Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said: “Now that he has been selected, Mr Billingslea has no time to lose. In less than a year, we could lose the last […]
Down the Rabbit Hole: Planning for Nuclear War
Since the beginning of the nuclear age, there have been hundreds of serious and well-drilled plans about how the United States would use nuclear weapons in war, with the express purpose of winning. But when a military plan calls for the use of thousands of nuclear weapons, and assumes that your enemy will respond in […]
Infographic: State Department Funding Requests
Every year, the Trump Administration has sought to cut the State Department’s budget. Investing in diplomacy through a strong and well-funded State Department is a key part of keeping the United States safe, and should be a funding priority.
Nuclear Insecurity
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was a guest on the Press the Button podcast, on which she discussed the Trump Administration’s potential to be the only administration in 60 years not to start or finish a nuclear arms control agreement; the decisions facing the president sworn in in 2021; and how nuclear arms control struggles […]
Why Does Trump Want to Spend Billions on New Nukes?
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke with The Daily Beast about President Trump’s proposed increase in the nuclear weapons budget. “It would be remarkable if NNSA could get to 20 pits per year,” Phil Coyle, a nuclear expert with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington, D.C., told The Daily Beast. But in […]