U.S. Foreign Policy

  • John Bolton's Nuclear Fantasy

    John Bolton told Jon Stewart he wanted America to be the only nation with nuclear weapons. Stewart is the comedian, but this policy is the joke.

    July 30, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione

  • Experts call on China to use leverage in North Korea

    Cato Institute experts said that China must be encouraged to use its leverage in North Korea to contain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.  Ted Galen Carpenter called for a strategic shift by Wa

    July 20, 2009 - By Deborah Bain

  • Gates Grounds the Airborne White Elephant Laser

    What a difference a president makes. Under President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates resolutely defended every dime of last year's $11 billion budget for anti-missile weapons programs.

    July 20, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione

  • A World of Possibilities

    Joe discusses U.S. and Russian nuclear reductions with Mark Sommer on "A World of Possibilities".

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    July 15, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund

  • Should Obama talk to Ahmadinejad?

    by Reza Aslan, Ploughshares Fund Board member

    July 15, 2009 - By Deborah Bain

  • An Obama Doctrine Emerges in Moscow

     ABC News called President Barack Obama's trip to Russia a "breakthrough" and the new agreement to cut nuclear arms "extraordinary." Henry Kissinger compared Obama to a chess master

    July 8, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione

  • Common Purpose: Financial Times

    By James Blitz and Stefan Wagstyl
    [Excerpt]

    The drive to reduce nuclear stockpiles is, however, the pre-eminent theme of this summit, the subject where the US and Russian leaderships have a chance to demonstrate a spirit of common purpose. Arms control is one of the few issues in global politics where they know they dominate the agenda. The two hold 95 per cent of the world’s nuclear arsenals between them and – in the 1970s and early 1990s – they went a long way to reducing their stockpiles...

    July 7, 2009 - By Deborah Bain

  • The Rachel Maddow Show

    Joe discusses the Moscow Summit on the Rachel Maddow Show with guest anchor Alison Stewart.

    July 7, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund

  • "Personal & Political" with Stephanie Fraser

    Joe Cirincione talks about the post-election situation in Iran and the Moscow Summit with Stephanie Fraser on her show "Personal & Political" on Vermont's WGDR 91

    July 7, 2009 - By Joe Cirincione

  • "Think" with Krys Boyd on KERA

    Joe Cirincione Discusses North Korea policy on "Think" with Krys Boyd. The program airs on KERA, an NPR station out of Ft. Worth Texas.

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    July 6, 2009 - By Ploughshares Fund