U.N. Day Program 2026 with Joe Cirincione, former President of Ploughshares Fund

This week in Memorial Hall, in recognition of the United Nations' 81st anniversary, Joe Cirincione discussed the enduring importance of the UN as a global forum for world leaders to address the most pressing challenges facing humanity. He explored the need for international cooperation on issues including artificial intelligence, pandemics, terrorism, poverty and nuclear war. Cirincione, who has 45 years of experience in national security and foreign policy and is widely regarded as a leading expert on nuclear weapons policy, shared his perspective on why a revitalized United Nations remains essential to solving problems no nation can address alone.