Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in Just Security about the dangers of politicizing an arms control compliance report. “Instead of following its mandate to describe things that have already happened, the authors of the 2019 Compliance Report decided to write about things that might happen. The phrase “raises serious questions” appears repeatedly. […]
Summary: FY 2020 House Defense Appropriations Bill (HR. 2968)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations Total discretionary funding: $690.2 billion (an increase of $15.8 billion from FY 2019; a decrease of $8 billion from the request) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $690.2 billion), a reduction of $96.2 billion from the request Note: This total, plus funds in a separate Department of Energy […]
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 […]
Fact Sheet: Low-Yield Trident D5 Warhead: Dangerous, Unnecessary, and Destabilizing
Congress should deny authorization and appropriations for production and deployment for the Trump Administration’s request for a new, modified “low-yield” warhead for the Trident D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Specifically, Congress should prohibit fielding and zero the NNSA budget request of $10 million and the DoD budget request of $25.7 million ($19.6M for W76-2 and $6.1M […]
Multilateral Arms Control Is a Worthy Goal, But Not At the Expense of Current Vital Agreements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director 202.546.0795 #2115 aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (April 26, 2019 – WASHINGTON) President Trump has ordered his administration to push for new arms-control agreements with Russia and China, but details on how to achieve such an ambitious goal were lacking. Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell said that this Administration’s interest […]
