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Joseph Cirincione
Born(1949-11-13)November 13, 1949(age 74)
Occupation(s)President,Ploughshares Fund

Joseph Cirincione(⫽ˌsɪrɪnsiˈoʊni⫽,[1]SIR-in-see-OWN-ee(born November 13, 1949) is a national security analyst and author. He served as the president of thePloughshares Fund,a public grant-making foundation focused onnuclear nonproliferationand conflict resolution.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Cirincione was appointed president ofPloughshares Fundon March 5, 2008. He retired from the position on July 1, 2020. He joined theQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraftas a non-resident fellow in September 2020, and is an adjunct faculty member at theGeorgetown UniversitySchool of Foreign Service.[4][5]He resigned from the Quincy Institute in August 2022 in protest of its dovish response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,which he described as "a completely unjustified, unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state".[6]

He is the author or editor of seven books, includingNuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late(Columbia University Press, 2013),Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons(Columbia University Press, 2007) andDeadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats[7](Carnegie Endowment, second edition 2006) and the co-author ofUniversal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security[8](Carnegie Endowment, 2005). Cirincione is also the author of over eight hundred articles and reports on defense and national security.[9]

Cirincione has advocated for negotiations to end the diplomatic stalemate regarding thenuclear program of Iran.[10][11][12]In 2009, he appeared onThe Colbert Report.[13]While at Ploughshares Fund, Cirincione was also the host of the nuclear security podcast,Press The Button.[14]

Cirincione previously served as vice president for national security and international policy at theCenter for American ProgressinWashington, DC.For eight years, he was the director for non-proliferation at theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace,where he chaired and organized five annual Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conferences.[15]The 2005 conference included Cirincione's presentation, "A Brief History of the Atomic Age."[16]

He worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning in 1985 as a professional staff member of theCommittee on Armed Services.[17]He also served as a staff member of theCommittee on Government Operations,and served as staff director of the bipartisan Military Reform Caucus.

References[edit]

  1. ^Self-introductiononYouTube
  2. ^"Joseph Cirincione to Lead Expansion of Ploughshares Fund".Ploughshares Fund.February 20, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2013.
  3. ^Clemons, Steve(February 19, 2008)."Center for American Progress Nuke Expert Becomes Foundation President".Washington Note.
  4. ^"Joe Cirincione to join Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft as Senior Non-Resident Fellow".Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.RetrievedJanuary 7,2021.
  5. ^"Georgetown University Faculty Directory".gufaculty360.georgetown.edu.RetrievedJanuary 7,2021.
  6. ^Spinelli, Dan; Friedman, Dan (August 2022)."America's Top Anti-War Think Tank Is Fracturing Over Ukraine".Mother Jones.ISSN0362-8841.RetrievedSeptember 5,2022.
  7. ^Cirincione, Joseph; Wolfsthal, Jon; Rajkumar, Miriam (July 10, 2005)."Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats"(2nd ed.).Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.RetrievedMay 24,2013.
  8. ^Perkovich, George; Tuchman Mathews, Jessica; Cirincione, Joseph; Gottemoeller, Rose; Wolfsthal, Jon B. (March 2005)."Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security".Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Archived fromthe originalon December 28, 2006.
  9. ^"Joseph Cirincione, Author at Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft".Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.RetrievedJanuary 7,2021.
  10. ^Cirincione, Joseph (November 2006)."The Clock's Ticking: Stop Iran Before It Is Too Late".Arms Control Today.Arms Control Association.
  11. ^Gwertzman, Bernard (January 6, 2006)."Q&A: Iran's Nuclear Issues".New York Times.
  12. ^"Video discussion with Cirincione and Jacqueline Shire".Bloggingheads.tv.April 19, 2007.
  13. ^"Better Know a Lobby - Ploughshares Fund".The Colbert Report.November 30, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon August 17, 2015.
  14. ^"Press the Button".Ploughshares Fund.April 24, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 7,2021.
  15. ^"2005 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference".Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceHe worked as a senior associate at the Stimson Center for over five years, where he directed the Campaign for the Non-Proliferation Treaty advocating the indefinite extension of this treaty, and the Coalition on Nuclear Dangers, urging support for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty a sharp reductions in global nuclear arsenals. Archived fromthe originalon March 29, 2006.
  16. ^Cirncione, Joseph (2005)."A Brief History of the Atomic Age".Dot-Org Digital Media Services.[dead YouTube link]
  17. ^"Joseph Cirincione".Q&A.C-SPAN. May 27, 2007.

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