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Joe Cirincione

Joseph Cirincione is a nuclear policy analyst and author with over 35 years of experience in the field.


Articles by Joe Cirincione

Trump has a strategic plan for the country: Gearing up for nuclear war

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A failure to review America’s nuclear posture

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons
President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Office of Management and Budget acting Director Shalanda Young and congressional leaders as he signs the “Consolidated Appropriations Act" on March 15, 2022. The act will fund the federal government through September 2022 and provide more than $780 billion for the US military. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are US threat assessments outpacing the military threats America actually faces?

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Risk
Joe Biden. Credit: Gage Skidmore. Accessed via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biden’s Trump-lite nuclear policy threatens us all

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A new, hopeful moment for US nuclear policy

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The UN makes history on a nuclear weapons ban. Does the US care?

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons