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James Acton
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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.

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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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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · 7h
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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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 19d
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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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · 19d
Let's not nuke ourselves in the foot!

I explain why it's so difficult to know if China and Russia are conducting ultra-low yield tests and why, even if they are, it's not in U.S. interests to restart testing. @carnegieendowment.org @carnegienpp.bsky.social

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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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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · 20d
I am entirely indifferent whether, in the event of a nuclear war, I am incinerated by a nuclear warhead delivered by a "traditional" ICBM, a hypersonic glider, a nuclear-powered cruise missile, or a nuclear-powered torpedo.

All seem equally suboptimal to me.
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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · 26d
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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · Sep 30
The conference is based on a series of papers we published in the Journal of Strategic Studies. Many are open access (no paywall!).

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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · Sep 30
Here's the link for rego: airtable.com/appGGluMUVck...
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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · Sep 30
The End of MAD?

Join me, Steve Fetter, @jaysankarans.bsky.social, TD MacDonald, Ton Stefanik, @lauraegrego.bsky.social, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, and Charlie Glaser to discuss whether technological developments are undermining mutually assured destruction.

Link for virtual rego in next post.
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