Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about the abrupt ending to the Hanoi Summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un. Stephen Biegun, the US special representative for North Korea, who had taken part in preparatory talks with North Korean officials, was sidelined at the summit, his place at the table taken by […]
At the Vietnam summit, Trump has a chance to prove everyone wrong on North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell was quoted in Vox discussing the potential outcomes of the summit with North Korea. But nearly all warned that there’s a very real chance the summit could actually have a negative impact on the negotiations — or even lead to a total collapse of the talks altogether. That could happen […]
Harder Tasks Await Trump, Kim at 2nd Summit
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke to Voice of America about the upcoming second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. One of the biggest accomplishments in Hanoi would be to hand off the nuclear negotiations to specialists, said James McKeon, a policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “The […]
Alexandra Bell, policy director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: “It seems they did not learn the lessons of the Cold War”
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with La Tercera, a Chilean newspaper about the potential for a new arms race following U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty. “It can certainly trigger and arms race. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty prohibited the production and deployment of ground-based ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 […]
Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Vox about Sen. Warren’s proposed no-first-use bill. “It’s a political commitment,” Bell told me. “It signals to the world about where we want to go toward a deterrent-based posture. You need the policy and the force behind it.” … To proponents of no first use, all of that […]
