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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

A control room with empty chairs, large screens showing airplanes, and a radar-like red concentric circle pattern overlaying the image.

Pentagon’s secret plan: Reviving Cold War doctrines to lower the threshold for nuclear war

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion
A group of people in formal attire sit around a table with phones and documents; one person wears a "USA" cap. A map and security personnel are visible in the background.

President Trump just started a dangerous, pointless war against Iran

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Opinion
Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Four US presidents failed to stop North Korea’s nuclear buildup. Trump still has a shot

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Weapons
George C. Scott in Dr Strangelove

The dangerous new Washington consensus for more nuclear weapons

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The national missile defense fantasy—again

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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

Arms Control’s New Moment

By Joe Cirincione | Uncategorized