Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Washington Post about the United States’ potential withdrawal from the INF Treaty. “The Russian violation of the treaty is dangerous, but it is still possible to get Moscow back into compliance with the agreement,” said Alexandra Bell, a senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control […]
Summary: FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill Conference Report (H.R. 6157)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations: House Total discretionary funding: $667.5 billion (an increase of $20.1 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $667.5 billion) Total appropriations: Senate Total discretionary funding: $668.0 billion (an increase of $15.6 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $67.9 billion (included […]
Kim’s Small Steps on Nuclear Program Put Ball in Trump’s Court
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Bloomberg about North Korea’s steps toward denuclearization. “Shuttering a missile launch facility or a nuclear facility is different from an overall comprehensive plan to account for, and then verify, roll back and eventually dismantle an entire nuclear weapons program,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Washington-based […]
North Korea agrees to dismantle nuclear complex if US also takes steps; Kim says he’ll visit Seoul
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Stars and Stripes about North Korea’s declaration with South Korea. “This has really put the ball in the Trump administration’s court,” Alexandra Bell, of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said in an interview. “It’s very clear that President Moon and Chairman Kim are committed to moving […]
Will The Army’s 1,000-Mile Missiles Kill Reagan’s INF Treaty?
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Breaking Defense about the current state of arms control between the US and Russia. “Putin is no Gorbachev and Trump is no Reagan,” said Alexandra Bell, a former State Department official now with the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation. We can try to replicate the 1980s’ power play, […]
