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Sep 13, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Peter Schroeder |Jim Townsend |James M. Acton
Earlier this year, the Biden administration revised its nuclear strategy, the nuclear employment guidance, which is updated approximately every four years. This time, however, the administration seems to have made some significant changes, placing greater emphasis on China given its growing nuclear capabilities, as well as directing the United States military to prepare for coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China, and North Korea.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
thegrocer.co.uk | James M. Acton
The Brand Nursery has been attending the Fancy Food Show in New York since 2010. Each time, we take the opportunity to search out emerging new food ideas and trends, and look for interesting product innovations.
As ever, this year showcased some examples of dynamic sectors that offer something new, different and exciting (see Korea). But we also found a number of established sectors now rebooting with ‘2.0’ offerings.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
denikn.cz | James M. Acton
Komentář spoluředitele Programu jaderné politiky v nadaci Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Během posledních dvou týdnů (na konci května, pozn. Deníku N) zaútočila Ukrajina, jak se zdá, na velké ruské radary u Armaviru a u Orska a první z nich vážně poškodila. Po více než dvou letech konfliktu může leckomu připadat, že ukrajinské útoky – a to i na ruské půdě – nestojí za pozornost. Jenže nešlo jen tak o nějaké radary.
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May 1, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | James M. Acton
program The Nuclear Policy Program aims to reduce the risk of nuclear war. Our experts diagnose acute risks stemming from technical and geopolitical developments, generate pragmatic solutions, and use our global network to advance risk-reduction policies. Our work covers deterrence, disarmament, arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear energy. In the past two weeks, Ukraine appears to have attacked large Russian radars at Armavir and Orsk, severely damaging the former.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | James M. Acton
U.S. Foreign Policy Foreign & Public Diplomacy United States Iran In the surreal two and a half hours between Israel’s announcement on April 13 that an Iranian attack was underway and the arrival of the first weapons, I, like many others, found myself pondering the likelihood of a regional war.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | James M. Acton
Space nukes may sound like a plot device too outlandish for even a Roger Moore–era James Bond movie, but real life can sometimes outpace fiction—especially when it comes to Russia and the bomb. According to U.S. officials, Russia is developing yet another new type of nuclear weapon. This one is specifically designed to attack satellites. After being launched, it could remain in orbit for some time—weeks, months, or perhaps even years.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
warontherocks.com | James M. Acton
China’s growing nuclear arsenal has prompted a debate — in think tanks and research institutions and, more quietly, in the bowels of the Pentagon and U.S. Strategic Command —about how the United States should adapt its nuclear posture to the emergence of a second “nuclear peer.” The central issue is the arcane subject of nuclear targeting: the question of what facilities the United States should, in the detached language of nuclear strategists, “hold at risk,” or in plain English, threaten to...
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | James M. Acton
Summary: Before responding to the challenge of two nuclear peers, the United States should revisit the question of which nuclear strategy can best achieve its goals of preventing nonnuclear aggression against itself and its allies, avoiding nuclear war, and avoiding catastrophic escalation if nuclear war occurs.
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Jun 13, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | James M. Acton
The often repeated claim that the AUKUS submarine initiative is a century-long endeavor deserves an award for understatement. Australia is due to acquire nuclear-powered submarines though trilateral cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States and will be responsible for managing the spent nuclear fuel from these vessels. Canberra’s task will be to ensure that this highly radioactive nuclear material remains safe and secure—not for a hundred years, but for hundreds of thousands.
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Apr 12, 2023 | 
metaculus.com | James M. Acton
James M. Acton holds the Jessica T. Matthews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Last March, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was faltering and President Vladimir Putin was issuing nuclear threats, I tweeted my skepticism of efforts to estimate the likelihood of nuclear use. This skepticism did not derive from any doubt about the value of forecasting in general.
