Joseph Cirincione is president of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation. He is also the host of “Press The Button,” a weekly podcast from Ploughshares Fund dedicated to nuclear policy and national security.
It is tempting to think that it would be cheaper and more effective to have U.S. allies get the bomb rather than link their security to U.S. forces, bases, and assurances. But countries do not obtain the bomb in a vacuum.
Cutting the Pentagon budget requires a multi-pronged approach that includes reform on anti-corruption, democracy, and campaign finance.
We’ve avoided war for now. But the regime-change crowd in Washington won’t stop trying.
