Support Ploughshares Fund!
Donations go directly to the programs we support.
Learn more
Strengthening the Peace and Security Community: This report offers findings and recommendations from a comprehensive eight month process among the nongovernmental community of peace and security organizations. The report lays out proposed tactics and strategies to enhance the communities effectiveness in the face of recent challenges. The Ploughshares Fund was a key participant and financial supporter of the process.
NATO and Nuclear Disarmament: An Analysis of the Obligations of the NATO Allies of the United States: By Arjun Makhjani, Ph.D. and Nicole Deller, J.D. A report from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
Picking Up the Pieces: The UN's Evolving Post-Conflict Roles: By William J. Durch of the Henry L. Stimson Center
The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People.: A book by Jonathan Schell, author of The Fate of the Earth. Writing in the New York Times, a reviewer wrote that this book "mounts the most impressive argument ever made that there exists a viable and desirable alternative to a continued reliance on war." Click to order.
Space Assurance or Space Dominance? The Case Against Weaponizing Space: By Michael Krepon and Christopher Clary, published by the Henry L. Stimson Center
Iraq: What's Next?: This Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Non-Proliferation Project, co-authored by Ploughshares Fund grantee Joseph Cirincione examines the progress of the U.N. weapons inspections so far.
Protecting Against the Spread of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons: An Action Agenda for the Global Partnership: By Robert Einhorn and Michelle Flournoy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation: A book by George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Click to order.
Nuclear Power Plant Security: Voices From Inside the Fences: By the Project on Government Oversight
Disarmament Sketches: Three Decades of Arms Control and International Law: A memoir by Thomas Graham, Jr., former general counsel to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and presidient of Lawyers Alliance for World Security. Click to purchase.
More Work for the Weapons Labs, Less Security for the Nation: An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policy: May 2002
This report, from Tri-Valley CAREs offers a comprehensive look at the changing role of nuclear weapons in the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and other key Bush Administration documents.
Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction: A book by Joseph Cirincione of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Click to order.
Nuclear Terrorism and Warhead Control in Russia: In another terrorist attack against the United States, the worst case scenario would involve the use or release of radioactive material to inflict damage. Nuclear material for such an attack would most likely originate in Russia. What can be done to minimize the chance of the world's most poorly guarded nuclear material falling into the wrong hands? Read from the report from the Arms Control Association website.
The Shape of Things to Come: The Nuclear Posture Review, Missile Defense, and the Dangers of a New Arms Race: This Special Report from the Western States Legal Founation discusses the dangerous implications of our changing nuclear policies. From storing nuclear weapons once slated for destruction to earnestly discussing "usable" nukes to the obsession with a missile defense shield, preparing for a nuclear attack is becoming a priority over preventing one.
Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System: By the Union of Concerned Scientists