Ploughshares

Building a future beyond nuclear fear. We aim to reduce and eventually eliminate #nuclearweapons & promote stability where they exist.

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

We’re delighted to announce the third cohort of Nuclear Futures Fellows in partnership with our friends at @Horizon2045! Here’s to an exciting week ahead in Washington, DC as we welcome the cohort and launch this year's fellowship.

Meet the fellows 👉 https://t.co/cUuDYRRVFh

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

'Freeing the World of Nuclear Weapons: ACT interviews Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui'

A major #peace advocate since 2010, current #Hiroshima mayor & President of @Mayors4Peace, Kazumi Matsui, shares a perspective that still resonates today. Full Q&A: https://t.co/bnCFrQshVc

[ICAN @nuclearban]

In this exact moment while you scroll through your page, at 8:15 a.m (JST), it will be 81 years since an atomic bomb was detonated on #Hiroshima, obliterating the city and killing tens of thousands in an instant. Let us take a moment to commemorate the victims. #NuclearBan

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

Today marks 81 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Hibakusha & descendants remain steadfast in ensuring nuclear weapons are never used again. Amidst geopolitical upheaval, we must collectively recommit to a world without catastrophic nuclear risk.

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

In Fox News, @AliVaez of @CrisisGroup offers insight into developments in the US-Iran negotiations & the challenges of finding a durable path forward. He underscores how diplomacy remains essential even when the political environment is difficult.
https://t.co/33jtQw7cpP

[NTI @NTI_WMD]

Kumiko Arakawa was 20 when the U.S. bombed Nagasaki on August 9, but she scarcely remembers the events that followed, having tragically lost her parents and four siblings in the explosion.

She recalls how the months and years following were a blur as she was working to provide for her surviving relatives while recovering from the trauma of the attack. #CranesForOurFuture https://t.co/p3hH2Ljenh

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

"We have to study nuclear weapons & the history so we can understand better what needs to be done. At the same time, we must find ways not to become so horrified and overwhelmed that we are unable to take action."-Hiroshima hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow, 2017: https://t.co/XWkTaIOg2U

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

🗣️ Invest in the people that can help prevent tomorrow's crisis 🗣️

This is the work of Ploughshares day in, day out. Our grantees, our partners—and you—all make this work possible. Be a part of it: https://t.co/D7MF0xDPIo

📽️ President @EmLBelcher at Chain Reaction 2026

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

@ProfSAzodi 👏 We're so excited to meet her!

[Sina Azodi @ProfSAzodi]

I am so proud of MES Program Coordinator and my student Anissa who landed this great opportunity. She is a brilliant rising scholar.

[Ali Vaez @AliVaez]

After a lull, the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has reignited, spreading in new and dangerous ways. It could continue to widen, engulfing ever more countries. In this Q&A, our team @CrisisGroup explains why de-escalation is urgent in every theatre.

https://t.co/7AfpOOEkyZ

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

A new exercise from @CSRisks' Converging Risks Lab explores how overlapping challenges could shape decision-making during a tactical nuclear weapons crisis, examining the many risks world leaders would face in real time.
https://t.co/65w4hB4yti

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

@AnnieJacobsen We appreciate you, Annie! 👏💙

[Annie Jacobsen @AnnieJacobsen]

🙏Emma Belcher (and for all you do @plough_shares)

[Emma Belcher @EmLBelcher]

Note to self: don’t walk down the streets of DC with a box labeled “biological war.” Even if it does contain @AnnieJacobsen's thrilling new book. Congrats on the launch, Annie!

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

A @RStatecraft analysis by @FrankYuwenChen (@rethink_media) examines data showing improving perceptions of China & growing support for engagement. These trends could create space for policymakers to pursue a more stable approach to managing competition.
https://t.co/VwA0N16Qn5

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

In an interview with @ChannelNewsAsia, Hao Nan—a Ploughshares x @Horizon2045 Nuclear Futures Fellow—explains that Beijing's recent naval & joint exercises with Russia are best understood as part of an effort to shape the regional security environment ⬇️
https://t.co/p4QNYlzU9I

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

Why is it harder to do a peace deal than take this country to war?

A prudent question from Ploughshares Board Member @brhodes at Chain Reaction 2026: Iran and Upending the Nuclear order. You can watch Ben's full remarks—and the whole panel—here: https://t.co/NWhAaxTM2R

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

"Forging nuclear agreements on a 'one-off' basis with countries 'sets a dangerous precedent' ... It also 'raises a red flag when countries don’t want inspectors, particularly when this is the norm around the world.'"

@EmLBelcher in the @FinancialTimes https://t.co/ACmaA8OWui

[Ploughshares @plough_shares]

New in the @thenation, written by @CIPolicy's @NancyGEO and @SinaToossi

The op-ed argues that the consequences of the conflict goes beyond institutional problems, and that U.S. foreign policy keeps taking the wrong lessons from their failures.
https://t.co/QEWyb9ePiI