Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Washington Post about the Trump Administration’s new Missile Defense Review. Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the report looked to “lay the groundwork for vastly expanded missile defenses targeted beyond ‘rogue’ states” — an approach, she said, that risked “voluntarily walking […]
Arms Control Expert: Trump Administration Missile Defense Review Doubles Down on Bad Bet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Schumann, Communications Director 202.546.0795 #2115 | aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org Arms Control Expert: Trump Administration Missile Defense Review Doubles Down on Bad Bet Washington, DC—John Tierney, Executive Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and former nine-term Member of Congress, released the following statement after the Trump Administration released its Missile […]
Donald Trump’s Space Missile Plan is Too Expensive and Will Not Work, Just Like His Border Wall, Experts Say
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in Newsweek discussing the Trump Administration’s Missile Defense Review. John Tierney, former chairman of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, who now serves as executive director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, agreed. He said Trump’s zeal to strengthen […]
US to begin nuclear treaty pullout next month after Russia missile talks fail
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with The Guardian about U.S.-Russia discussions on INF Treaty compliance. The Trump administration was criticised by former officials and arms control advocates for not pursuing the Russian offer of inspections. “We’ve spent years trying to get something – anything – out of the Russians on INF. The Russian offer […]
US, N. Korea appear headed toward a second summit, but to what end?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Stars and Stripes about the potential for a second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. “Kim seems to only be interested in talking with the president, so the rough outlines of an agreement might need to happen at the top level,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy […]