U.S. Foreign Policy

  • Joe appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show to discuss the Obama nuclear policy in context with the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Click here to read a transcript of the interview.

    October 9, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Surprise over today's announcement by the Nobel Committee in Oslo that it had awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama less than a year into his presidency quickly gave way to an acknowledgement of his  transformative agenda. The committee's citation included a prominent mention of President Obama's endorsement of the worldwide effort to eliminate nuclear weapons.   “President Obama's drive for the peace and security of a world free of nuclear weapons was a major factor in the committee's decision," says Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione.

    October 9, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
  • Following a series of revelations about Iran's nuclear program, Joe speaks with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and gives his analysis of the events. 

    Watch the full segment after the jump.

    October 2, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund
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    September 25, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Obama gave a tough speech, strong on American commitments but also a strong call for other nations to fulfill their responsibilities.

    September 23, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione
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    September 22, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione
  • "By canceling plans to station antiballistic-missile systems in Poland and the Czech Re-public, President Obama has traded fantasy for reality," writes Fareed Zakaria, editor of  Newsweek In

    September 21, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
  • Ploughshares Fund and our grantees have been at the forefront of the debate over missile defense, developing expert analyses, testifying before Congress, and raising questions.  Read what they are saying today in the wake of President Obama's announced decision to fundamentally revamp the sy

    September 18, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
  • "The Obama administration's decision announced today to cancel the deeply flawed antimissile systems in Eastern Europe is sound policy based on the best intelligence and technical assessments," writes Joe Cirincione in Foreign Policy.

    September 18, 2009 - By Deborah Bain
  • The Obama administration's decision announced today to cancel the deeply flawed antimissile systems in Eastern Europe is sound policy based on the best intelligence and technical assessments. U.S. President Barack Obama replaces a system that did not work against a threat that did not exist with weapons that can defend against the real Iranian missile capability.

    September 16, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione