Cirincione

Joe Cirincione is President of Plougshares Fund based in Washington, DC and San Francisco and author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons.

cirincione on the US nuclear scares 2008

Joe Cirincione is President of Plougshares Fund based in Washington, DC and San Francisco and author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons.

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For Powell, Mr. Cirincione is less deceiving, but still Powell said this:

Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did 2006

In this case, Mr. Cirincione is acting dishonestly by taking Cheney out of context.

Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did 2006

Apparently the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which Mr. Cirincione is a member, has conveniently forgotten that it (and the UN weapons inspectors) were just as wrong as the intelligence agencies.

Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did 2006

And, all the time, there were Iranian TV cameras there, filming the visit - showing that Iran is open by allowing these foreign experts such as Cirincione to come and visit.

Analysts Take Doubtful View of Iran Nuclear Inspection Tour 2011

You can see Cirincione and Grotto talk about contain and engage, which I think is close to the strategy Obama articulated during the campaign, here:

Matthew Yglesias » The Missing Envoy 2009

They the Russians have seen them, particularly since the end of the Cold War, as necessary to offset what they see as the conventional superiority of NATO and the United States, said Cirincione.

Will Washington, Moscow Discuss Short-Range Nuclear Weapons? 2011

It is still this kind of thinking that, one - there is actually an opponent here that poses a real military threat to you, even though Russia and NATO are no longer adversaries, said Cirincione.

Will Washington, Moscow Discuss Short-Range Nuclear Weapons? 2011

Joining us for a critical discussion of this film are two experts in the field of nuclear nonproliferation, Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, and J. Peter Scoblic, executive editor of The New Republic and author of Us Vs. Them: Conservatism in the Age of Nuclear Terror.

Matthew Yglesias » Bloggy CAPAF Events Today 2010