Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Bustle about “winning” a nuclear negotiations summit. “The North Koreans didn’t really have to give us anything, and we gave them something that was really important to them, which was equal footing on a global stage,” she says, noting that promises to freeze the country’s missile and nuclear […]

Executive Director John Tierney spoke to WHYY radio for a panel on the Trump-Kim Summit. Tierney expressed concern over the lack of ally involvement in the process, the lack of concrete plans and more. Listen to the segment

Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with Circa about what happens next in the diplomatic process between Trump and Kim. “This is actually monumental from a symbolic standpoint,” said James McKeon, a policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, of the summit, but he added it does not mandate much concrete action by […]

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to Inkstick about her impressions of the Trump-Kim summit. “The principles outlined in joint statement are reiterations of previous public lines and there is a commitment to commence technical talks. That’s good. Of course, as with all things, the devil is in the details. A verifiable disarmament treaty will […]

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists following the Trump-Kim summit. We’ve come a long way since 2007, when then-Senator Barack Obama was roundly chastised for saying he would meet with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea during a presidential primary debate.Then-Senators Hillary Clinton […]