Joe Cirincione
@joecirin.bsky.social
I've been working on national security in Washington for over 40 years. Government, think tanks and philanthropy. Now retired, I still write, lecture and do media interviews. And I'm still learning. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
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Joe Cirincione
@joecirin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Joseph Cirincione - Foreign Policy for America
www.fp4america.org
After 13 years and more than 53K followers, I am moving from the wreck of Twitter over to BlueSky. I feel better already.
Nice to begin anew. I do nuclear policy and national security. Here’s a bit about me from one of the great groups I work with in DC. #NukeSky www.fp4america.org/joseph-cirin...
Nice to begin anew. I do nuclear policy and national security. Here’s a bit about me from one of the great groups I work with in DC. #NukeSky www.fp4america.org/joseph-cirin...
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This is a good start from Democratic leadership with demands that would halt the regime’s terror campaign and protect our communities.
But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This is a good start from Democratic leadership with demands that would halt the regime’s terror campaign and protect our communities.
But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
But we need to know where Schumer and Jeffries stand on DHS funding levels. ICE and CBP are already flush with cash — what are Democrats going to do about that?
“We are not, at the moment, under this administration, a force for good in the world. Quite the contrary, we are one of the greatest threats the planet faces,” @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
Consider this when deciding if we should give Trump all the weapons he wants.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Consider this when deciding if we should give Trump all the weapons he wants.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
The faultline for Dems in the run to 2028 will be attitudes toward elites
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“We are not, at the moment, under this administration, a force for good in the world. Quite the contrary, we are one of the greatest threats the planet faces,” @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
Consider this when deciding if we should give Trump all the weapons he wants.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Consider this when deciding if we should give Trump all the weapons he wants.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Would you make nuclear weapons for Hitler? Of course not. Would you for Victor Orban? For Modi? For Trump?
We cannot act like America is the same as it was. Our policy is not just about what you need to fight or deter, but what would an unstable authoritarian do with the weapons you build or fund?
We cannot act like America is the same as it was. Our policy is not just about what you need to fight or deter, but what would an unstable authoritarian do with the weapons you build or fund?
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Would you make nuclear weapons for Hitler? Of course not. Would you for Victor Orban? For Modi? For Trump?
We cannot act like America is the same as it was. Our policy is not just about what you need to fight or deter, but what would an unstable authoritarian do with the weapons you build or fund?
We cannot act like America is the same as it was. Our policy is not just about what you need to fight or deter, but what would an unstable authoritarian do with the weapons you build or fund?
You knew this was coming, didn’t you? The Dems lay out absurdly minimalist demands on ICE…and then cave on even those.
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
You knew this was coming, didn’t you? The Dems lay out absurdly minimalist demands on ICE…and then cave on even those.
If you think of Bezos as Trump’s oligarchic partner, today’s news makes sense. Trump with his partners has now muzzled two of America’s great media institutions: CBS and the Washington Post. Neither will now seriously criticize his authoritarian regime.
He’s just getting started.
He’s just getting started.
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
If you think of Bezos as Trump’s oligarchic partner, today’s news makes sense. Trump with his partners has now muzzled two of America’s great media institutions: CBS and the Washington Post. Neither will now seriously criticize his authoritarian regime.
He’s just getting started.
He’s just getting started.
The rise of authoritarianism in the nuclear-armed states ushers in the most dangerous period of the Nuclear Age. Seven of the nine nuclear-armed states now have authoritarian leaders. At the beginning of this century there were only one: China. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
The Greatest Nuclear Threat
Arms control will end this week. But that is the least of our problems.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The rise of authoritarianism in the nuclear-armed states ushers in the most dangerous period of the Nuclear Age. Seven of the nine nuclear-armed states now have authoritarian leaders. At the beginning of this century there were only one: China. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
We must stop thinking of nuclear weapons as a realm apart from the multiple, metastasizing crises authoritarians create. As if nuclear strategy can exist apart from the chaos and wars these autocrats engender. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-greate...
The Greatest Nuclear Threat
Arms control will end this week. But that is the least of our problems.
joecirincione.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
We must stop thinking of nuclear weapons as a realm apart from the multiple, metastasizing crises authoritarians create. As if nuclear strategy can exist apart from the chaos and wars these autocrats engender. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-greate...
Arms control is the latest casualty of authoritarians who reject restraints of any kind on their rule. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
The Greatest Nuclear Threat
Arms control will end this week. But that is the least of our problems.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Arms control is the latest casualty of authoritarians who reject restraints of any kind on their rule. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin...
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Trump says he worries about "nuclear" as the world's biggest problem, but he's letting the last major arms treaty - one even the Russians want - lapse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The End of the Nuclear-Arms-Control Era
The last significant treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Trump says he worries about "nuclear" as the world's biggest problem, but he's letting the last major arms treaty - one even the Russians want - lapse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Bob Kagan has written a very important article. If the Trump/Putin/Xi strategy prevails, the world will be exponentially more dangerous; military spending will soar. He leaves out the nuclear risks. In this world, nuclear war becomes not just more likely but inevitable. apple.news/AoVKCM026TGy...
America vs. the World — The Atlantic
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
apple.news
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Bob Kagan has written a very important article. If the Trump/Putin/Xi strategy prevails, the world will be exponentially more dangerous; military spending will soar. He leaves out the nuclear risks. In this world, nuclear war becomes not just more likely but inevitable. apple.news/AoVKCM026TGy...
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My position has been clear and is unchanged: I will not vote for one more dime to fund Trump's lawless DHS.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
My position has been clear and is unchanged: I will not vote for one more dime to fund Trump's lawless DHS.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
Frozen Tidal Basin
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Frozen Tidal Basin
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Where the hell is the "Board of Peace?”
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months | CNN
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 31 people on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the highest day’s death toll in over two months.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Where the hell is the "Board of Peace?”
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Join The Public Theater along with artists, elected officials, and community leaders, as we read seminal texts from the founding of our nation…as a living call to action.” publictheater.org/productions/...
THE PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER
publictheater.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Join The Public Theater along with artists, elected officials, and community leaders, as we read seminal texts from the founding of our nation…as a living call to action.” publictheater.org/productions/...
When I was doing a congressional investigation into problems with the Patriot missile, we asked the Army for after action reports from the Gulf War. They showed up at my door with twenty-five boxes of mostly useless stuff and a sliver of solid data.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
When I was doing a congressional investigation into problems with the Patriot missile, we asked the Army for after action reports from the Gulf War. They showed up at my door with twenty-five boxes of mostly useless stuff and a sliver of solid data.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
You know things are bad when Trump has to release the Epstein files to distract from the streets of Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
You know things are bad when Trump has to release the Epstein files to distract from the streets of Minneapolis.
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What is it about the brave protesters and monitors in Minnesota that has changed what America (and apparently Trump) thinks about ICE's thuggish tactics?
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
What is it about the brave protesters and monitors in Minnesota that has changed what America (and apparently Trump) thinks about ICE's thuggish tactics?
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
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It'll be the biggest protest in American history because people are going to make it the biggest protest in American history. Nokings.org has all the info you need for 3/28, and more ICE watch trainings coming next week!
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It'll be the biggest protest in American history because people are going to make it the biggest protest in American history. Nokings.org has all the info you need for 3/28, and more ICE watch trainings coming next week!
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After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
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thank you to the folks at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for allowing me to question the premise this year
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight. Does Anyone Care?
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds, four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been to m...
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
thank you to the folks at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for allowing me to question the premise this year
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@joecirin.bsky.social really nailed one of the big risks that it's hard to wrap your mind around when talking about the possible end of the world in 2026
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
@joecirin.bsky.social really nailed one of the big risks that it's hard to wrap your mind around when talking about the possible end of the world in 2026
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The way that political violence backfires is when it prompts more people to get involved. Now is the time for action.
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The way that political violence backfires is when it prompts more people to get involved. Now is the time for action.
Worse than ignorant. This is a blatant lie.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
Guetlein bleeding credibility here: “By the summer of ‘28 we will be able to defend the entire nation against ballistic missiles as well as other generation aerial threats...” spacenews.com/golden-dome-...
Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics
Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics
spacenews.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Worse than ignorant. This is a blatant lie.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
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