Title: Bomb Scare: The History & Future of Nuclear Weapons PART 1 Source:
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Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security
Joseph Cirincione is Vice President for National Security and author of the new book, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons (Columbia University Press, Spring 2007). Prior to joining the Center in May 2006, he served as director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for eight years. He is the co-author of Contain and Engage: A New Strategy for Resolving the Iran Nuclear Crisis (Center for American Progress, March 2007), Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats (Second Edition, 2005), and Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security (March 2005). He teaches at the graduate School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
In May 2004 the National Journal listed Mr. Cirincione as one of the 100 people whose ideas will shape the policies of the next administration. The World Affairs Councils of America also named him one of 500 people whose views have the most influence in shaping American foreign policy.
Mr. Cirincione worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives on the professional staff of the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Government Operations, and served as staff director of the Military Reform Caucus. He is the author of over two hundred articles on defense issues, the producer of two DVDs on proliferation, is a frequent commentator on these issues in the media, and he has given over one hundred talks around the world in the past two years. He was featured in the award-winning 2006 documentary Why We Fight.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held positions at the Henry L. Stimson Center, the U.S. Information Agency, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is an honors graduate of Boston College and holds a Masters of Science with highest honors from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. He is happily married with two children.
