James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

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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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

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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Carnegie Endowment

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What exactly is the government hiding in Tucson? Not much, says @nuclear-jim.bsky.social. He got an interesting souvenir there, regardless.

See the first installment of Carnegie Office Hours for more treasures from James (if not nuclear secrets) here: buff.ly/dlUzF6n

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James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

Yes, absolutely.

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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

We now go live to the Kremlin for Putin's reaction:

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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

I feel pretty strongly the @nytimes.com has the wrong framing here. This isn't serious; it's pathetic.

I'd suggest something like:

"Trump throws social media hissy fit invoking nukes after public spat with ex-president of Russia."

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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

Ooops. Wrong handle: @scientistsorg.bsky.social

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by James M. Acton

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

From Nuclear Notebook in
@BulletinAtomic

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Figures & data: United States nuclear weapons, 2025

Figures and data for United States nuclear weapons, 2025

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by James M. Acton — Reposted by James Cameron

James Acton

@nuclear-jim.bsky.social

As much as I deplore nuclear signaling by tweet--can't believe I just wrote that--I would NOT necessarily assume there's a been change to the US nuclear posture. The U.S. always keeps ~4/5 SSBNs at sea ready to fire.