Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Foreign Policy about the United States’ withdrawal from the INF Treaty and what it could mean for our other treaty with Russia. “We have to think about what the world looks like with absolutely no constraints on these types of missiles at all,” said Alexandra Bell, an arms […]
Arms Control Expert, Former Congressman: Withdrawing from INF Treaty Makes Nuclear War More Likely
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anna Schumann 202.546.0795 #2115 aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org ARMS CONTROL EXPERT, FORMER CONGRESSMAN: WITHDRAWING FROM INF TREATY MAKES NUCLEAR WAR MORE LIKELY Non-partisan, non-profit nuclear policy organization opposes President Trump’s decision. (FEBRUARY 1, 2019 – WASHINGTON) Withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is tantamount to reigniting a nuclear arms race, said […]
Op-ed: Open Skies Treaty: A Quiet Legacy Under Threat
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell co-authored an article in Arms Control Today on the threats against the Open Skies Treaty. On a pleasant day in August 2017, a low-flying jet pierced secure airspace near the White House, the Capitol, and the Pentagon that had been mostly off-limits since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Surprise […]
Executive Director Tierney: We have a thermonuclear monarchy
Executive Director John Tierney was asked to help introduce a bill by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The full text of his remarks is below. “The last time this bill was introduced, it was bipartisan in nature, and this one should be, too. There are those who would argue that we […]
Op-ed: Trump’s missile defense plans: More theology on unproven technology
Executive Director John Tierney wrote an op-ed in The Hill urging his former colleagues in Congress not to fund an expensive expansion to missile defense without first proving that it works. The Trump Administration’s new missile defense plan could require taxpayers to foot the bill for a new nuclear arms race. It has been the […]
