Joe Cirincione at Conference on World Affairs

Ploughshares Fund president speaks on a variety of national security and foreign policy topics

Nuclear expert, author, and Ploughshares Fund president Joe Cirincione attended the 70th annual Conference on World Affairs for a series of panels and presentations on nuclear disarmament, international terrorism, and US interventionism, with a special keynote presentation on US nuclear policy.

Below is a select list of events featuring Mr. Cirincione:

International Terrorism – The Next Chapter

US Interventionism: Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick

Nukes Forever? The Administration’s New Nuclear War Plan

International Nuclear Disarmament

Monday, April 9

International Terrorism – The Next Chapter

1:00pm-2:20pm MT, UMC Center Ballroom

  • Joe Cirincione
  • Malou Innocent
  • Heather Roff
  • Ross Wilson
  • Moderator: Aaron Roof

US Interventionism: Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick

3:00pm-4:20pm MT, UMC Center Ballroom

  • Joe Cirincione
  • Larry Greenwood
  • Heather Hurlburt
  • Henry Nau
  • Moderator: Steve Chan

 


Tuesday, April 10

Nukes Forever? The Administration’s New Nuclear War Plan

9:30am-10:40am MT, UMC Center Ballroom

  • Keynote presentation by Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund 
  • Moderator: Tess Rose

Wednesday, April 11

International Nuclear Disarmament

9:00am-10:20am MT, Macky Auditorium

  • Joe Cirincione
  • Beatrice Fihn, executive director of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
  • Susi Snyder
  • Moderator: Bryan Taylor

Ploughshares Fund is a global security foundation focused on eliminating nuclear weapons.

The Conference on World Affairs brings a world of thought leaders together to discuss “everything conceivable” with the residents and students of Boulder. Founded in 1948 as a forum on world affairs, the CWA expanded rapidly in its early years and now encompasses the arts, media, science, technology, politics, business, human rights, and more. The event reaches viewers throughout Colorado and the nation as well through livestreaming and video and audio recordings, archived over many decades.