James M Acton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5722113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James M Acton |
| GIVEN NAMES | James M |
| FAMILY NAME | Acton |
| SIGNATURE | ACTON J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The survivability of nuclear command-and-control capabilities
Cyber Warfare & Inadvertent Escalation
The advent of cyber warfare exacerbates the risk of inadvertent nuclear escalation in a conventional conflict. In theory, cyber espionage and cyberattacks could enhance one state's ability to undermine another's nuclear deterrent. Regardless of how effective such operations might prove in practice, fear of them could generate escalatory “use-‘em-before-you-lose-‘em” pressures. Additionally, cyber threats could create three qualitatively new mecha…
Escalation through Entanglement
Nonnuclear weapons are increasingly able to threaten dual-use command, control, communication, and intelligence assets that are spaced based or distant from probable theaters of conflict. This form of “entanglement” between nuclear and nonnuclear capabilities creates the potential for Chinese or Russian nonnuclear strikes against the United States or U.S. strikes against either China or Russia to spark inadvertent nuclear escalation. Escalation p…
Bombs Away? Being Realistic about Deep Nuclear Reductions
Nuclear Power, Disarmament and Technological Restraint
Reconciling the spread of nuclear power with the abolition of nuclear weapons will require policymakers, regulators and the nuclear industry to take non-proliferation much more seriously than they have to date. In particular, states should be willing to forsake sensitive nuclear technologies where the ‘proliferation costs’ are deemed to outweigh any economic benefits. The long-term goal should be a multilateral, non-discriminatory ban on the most…
The Problem with Nuclear Mind Reading
Beyond the Dirty Bomb
Escalation through Entanglement
Nonnuclear weapons are increasingly able to threaten dual-use command, control, communication, and intelligence assets that are spaced based or distant from probable theaters of conflict. This form of “entanglement” between nuclear and nonnuclear capabilities creates the potential for Chinese or Russian nonnuclear strikes against the United States or U.S. strikes against either China or Russia to spark inadvertent nuclear escalation. Escalation p…
Cyber Warfare & Inadvertent Escalation
The advent of cyber warfare exacerbates the risk of inadvertent nuclear escalation in a conventional conflict. In theory, cyber espionage and cyberattacks could enhance one state's ability to undermine another's nuclear deterrent. Regardless of how effective such operations might prove in practice, fear of them could generate escalatory “use-‘em-before-you-lose-‘em” pressures. Additionally, cyber threats could create three qualitatively new mecha…
Bombs Away? Being Realistic about Deep Nuclear Reductions
Nuclear Power, Disarmament and Technological Restraint
Reconciling the spread of nuclear power with the abolition of nuclear weapons will require policymakers, regulators and the nuclear industry to take non-proliferation much more seriously than they have to date. In particular, states should be willing to forsake sensitive nuclear technologies where the ‘proliferation costs’ are deemed to outweigh any economic benefits. The long-term goal should be a multilateral, non-discriminatory ban on the most…
Beyond the Dirty Bomb
Nuclear Power, Disarmament and Technological Restraint
Reconciling the spread of nuclear power with the abolition of nuclear weapons will require policymakers, regulators and the nuclear industry to take non-proliferation much more seriously than they have to date. In particular, states should be willing to forsake sensitive nuclear technologies where the ‘proliferation costs’ are deemed to outweigh any economic benefits. The long-term goal should be a multilateral, non-discriminatory ban on the most…
The Problem with Nuclear Mind Reading
Bombs Away? Being Realistic about Deep Nuclear Reductions
Escalation through Entanglement
Nonnuclear weapons are increasingly able to threaten dual-use command, control, communication, and intelligence assets that are spaced based or distant from probable theaters of conflict. This form of “entanglement” between nuclear and nonnuclear capabilities creates the potential for Chinese or Russian nonnuclear strikes against the United States or U.S. strikes against either China or Russia to spark inadvertent nuclear escalation. Escalation p…
Cyber Warfare & Inadvertent Escalation
The advent of cyber warfare exacerbates the risk of inadvertent nuclear escalation in a conventional conflict. In theory, cyber espionage and cyberattacks could enhance one state's ability to undermine another's nuclear deterrent. Regardless of how effective such operations might prove in practice, fear of them could generate escalatory “use-‘em-before-you-lose-‘em” pressures. Additionally, cyber threats could create three qualitatively new mecha…
The survivability of nuclear command-and-control capabilities
Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Nuclear Issues and Defense (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Nuclear weapon (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Arms control (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer security (3 works) · Adversary (2 works)