Joseph Cirincione
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Joseph Cirincione
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Born | November 13, 1949 |
Occupation | President, Ploughshares Fund |
Joseph Cirincione (born November 13, 1949) is the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear weapons policy and conflict resolution.[1][2] He was appointed to the presidency by the Ploughshares board of directors on March 5, 2008. He is the author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons (Columbia University Press, 2007) and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats[3] (Carnegie Endowment, second edition 2006) and the co-author of Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security [4] (Carnegie Endowment, 2005).
Cirincione has advocated for negotiations to end the diplomatic stalemate regarding the nuclear program of Iran.[5][6][7] His many public espousals of nonviolent conflict resolution include an appearance on The Colbert Report.[8]
Cirincione previously served as vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. For eight years he was the director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he chaired and organized five of the annual Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conferences.[9] The 2005 conference included Cirincione's 15-minute slide and film presentation, "A Brief History of the Nuclear Age."[10]
He worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning in 1985 as a professional staff member of the Committee on Armed Services.[11] He also served as a staff member of the Committee on Government Operations, and served as staff director of the bipartisan Military Reform Caucus.
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