Joseph Cirincione is a national security analyst and author in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Council for Foreign Relations and the author or editor of seven books, including Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late and Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons.
Cirincione is the vice chair of the Center for International Policy Board of Directors and the publisher of Strategy & History on Substack. He previously served on the International Security Advisory Board for Secretaries of State John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.