11 Facts About Joseph Cirincione

Joseph Cirincione served as the president of the Ploughshares Fund, a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution.

Joseph Cirincione has one son, Peter Cirincione, who teaches government classes at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Joseph Cirincione retired from the position on July 1,2020.

Joseph Cirincione joined the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft as a non-resident fellow in September 2020, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

Joseph Cirincione resigned from the Quincy Institute in August 2022 in protest of its dovish response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he described as "a completely unjustified, unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state".

Joseph Cirincione is the author or editor of seven books, including Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats and the co-author of Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security.

Joseph Cirincione is the author of over eight hundred articles and reports on defense and national security.

Joseph Cirincione has advocated for negotiations to end the diplomatic stalemate regarding the nuclear program of Iran.

Joseph Cirincione previously served as vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC.

Joseph Cirincione worked for nine years in the US House of Representatives, beginning in 1985 as a professional staff member of the Committee on Armed Services.

Joseph Cirincione served as a staff member of the Committee on Government Operations, and served as staff director of the bipartisan Military Reform Caucus.