James Acton
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James Acton
@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.

James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist. He is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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I'm thrilled to have a contract with @academic.oup.com for my book on "Entanglement and Unintended Escalation." (There'll be a better title!)

The manuscript is drafted and currently being revised. Hopefully should be out second half of next year!

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Testing nuclear weapons by detonating warheads is like “nuking yourself in the foot,” writes @nuclear-jim.bsky.social. Trump can stop nuclear anarchy by testing in ways that don’t spark a global arms race or give away the U.S.’s data advantage.

More here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Trump Has an Out on Nuclear Testing. He Should Take It.
Sometimes good policy can be as simple as not nuking yourself in the foot.
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