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At the November 18, 2020 Ploughshares Fund nuclear policy forum we learned about the national security outlook for the Biden administration and how hundreds of billions of dollars in excessive nuclear weapons spending could be better spent on higher national priorities such as responses to...
At the November 18, 2020 forum we learned about the national security outlook for the Biden administration and how hundreds of billions of dollars in excessive nuclear weapons spending could be better spent on higher national priorities such as responses to coronavirus, racial injustice and...
At the November 18, 2020 forum we learned about the national security outlook for the Biden administration and how hundreds of billions of dollars in excessive nuclear weapons spending could be better spent on higher national priorities such as responses to coronavirus, racial injustice and...
With the aim of convening partners who have a range of backgrounds and experiences to think big about transforming nuclear policy, new Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher announces today the first slate of special grants under her tenure. As part of the discretionary grants process and the...
Join us, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 for a Ploughshares Fund post-election nuclear policy forum. Learn about the national security outlook for the next administration and how excess nuclear spending can fund higher national priorities such as responses to coronavirus, racial injustice and...
The way philanthropy operates in America needs to change, said Alexandra Toma, the executive director at the Peace and Security Funders Group, a network of funders who tackle international security issues. This is especially true now, as the coronavirus pandemic and nascent arms races threaten...
On October 24, 2020 (UN Day), the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, also known as the Ban Treaty, received its 50th ratification from Honduras triggering its formal entry into force. The treaty will become effective on January 22, 2021 — two days after Inauguration Day in the United...
The birth of American primacy is based on a myth, said Dr. Stephen Wertheim, deputy director of research and policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of the new book, Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Supremacy. According to the standard narrative, in the...
When Virginia’s voter registration site went down on the last day before the deadline, David Sanger’s phone was ringing off the hook. “Everyone thought, ‘Are the Russians in the registration system?’” said Sanger, national security correspondent at the New York Times and author of the best-...
The Ploughshares Fund Women’s Initiative held an energizing conversation via Zoom, Responsible Disruption: Women’s Participation, Perspectives and Power, Tuesday, October 20. Guest speakers were: Ambassador Laura Holgate, Mareena Robinson Snowden and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, and the event was...
Listen to our latest episode featuring David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times. A new episode of Press the Button is available every Tuesday. An engaging podcast on nuclear policy and national security, Press the Button is co-hosted by...
Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry lambasted the policy of presidential sole authority over the nation’s nuclear weapons, saying it was “in complete contrast with the Constitution, which reserved for Congress the right to declare war.” The issue of nuclear control was back in the news...
Watch the full video of the third Unmute Yourself: Your Security, Your Vote virtual happy hour series, which took place on November 2, 2020. The event featured Farshad Farahat, Actor, Director, Journalist, and member of the Ploughshares Fund Board of Directors, Stephen Miles, Executive Director...
Since this recent recording, on October 24, 2020, Honduras became the 50th nation to ratify the UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, triggering entry into force on January 22, 2021.
President John Kennedy took powerful pain medications. President Richard Nixon was a heavy drinker. President Ronald Reagan had dementia. And now President Donald Trump has the coronavirus. These conditions can significantly impair one’s ability to think clearly. And yet, as president, each had—...
