For over 40 years Ploughshares Fund has supported the most effective people and organizations in the world to reduce and ultimately eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.
Just after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Gen. Mark Milley faced an impossible choice: should he allow President Trump to retain sole authority to start nuclear war, or should he intervene to block such an order?
We invite you to save the date for Ploughshares Fund’s virtual nuclear policy forum, Press the Button LIVE: Nuclear Policy in the Biden Administration and Beyond.
As the Biden-Harris Administration begins a major review of US nuclear policy, Ploughshares Fund today releases a new interactive report recommending that President Biden focus the Nuclear Posture Review on one overarching goal: preventing accidental nuclear warfare....
OPINION: With razor-thin majorities in Congress, it is no surprise that the Biden administration has had to set strict priorities for its legislative agenda. The administration’s focus on pandemic relief, infrastructure, voting rights and climate leaves little room to...
Ploughshares Fund is partnering with Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace, Nuclear Threat Initiative and others, on #CranesForOurFuture, a campaign to spread a worldwide message of hope for a future without nuclear weapons. Join the campaign by folding and sharing...
In a true win for national security, former Ploughshares Fund Board Member Bonnie Jenkins has been confirmed as Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security. Ambassador Jenkins joins Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman in Geneva in leading a...
From devastation caused by climate change to the lingering threat of nuclear warfare, global pandemics are yet another existential threat to our global, and national, security. On the latest episode of Press the Button, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia explains that one of the reasons global...
This is a copy of the statement Tom Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, delivered in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) at a hearing on United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy. His remarks, prepared jointly with former Secretary of Defense...
Watch the full video of Momentum: Chain Reaction! Share it with your friends, and stay engaged in the fight to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. This year, we commemorated 40 years of bold action by Ploughshares Fund to promote peace and security around the world and to...
Watch the full video recording of the event, above. Women and mothers have been protesting, advocating and leading nuclear disarmament movements and initiatives for decades, all across the globe. Ploughshares Fund is celebrating this Mother’s Day with a panel of women who are, each in her own...
The Syrian regime attacked the town of Ghouta in southwestern Syria with sarin, a nerve agent, that killed hundreds of civilians on August 21, 2013. With that, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad crossed a red line set by President Barack Obama, accelerating an effort to eliminate Assad’s stockpile...
In this week’s episode of Press the Button, author, professor and expert David Kang discussed the widespread, bipartisan call in U.S. foreign policy and defense planning to move from the ‘war on terror,’ to increased confrontation—especially with China. The idea of a return to great-power...
If you’ve ever wondered who is really in command and who is in control, Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser have some answers for you. Keshari, the critically acclaimed New York-based artist and filmmaker collaborated with author Eric Schlosser on the Tribeca (and Netflix) sleeper hit film, ‘the...
Iran announced last week that it would begin enriching uranium up to 60% following an attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged centrifuges and cut the power supply. Worries grew quickly that this attack, allegedly carried out by Israel, could negatively impact the ongoing efforts to...
International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Founded in 1995 by a group of prominent statesmen who despaired at the international community’s failure to anticipate and respond effectively to...
