Joan Rohlfing and James McKeon in USA Today: “Our nuclear weapons are much more powerful than Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb.”
Today, we have the capability to monitor and control nuclear weapons technologies that didn’t yet exist in Oppenheimer’s time.
Former Senior Program Officer
James
James
McKeon
Expertise Nuclear Weapons Policy, US-Russia
Bio
James McKeon serves as a senior program officer with NTI’s Global Nuclear Policy Program (GNPP). In this role, he supports various activities related to arms and control and non-proliferation, including congressional outreach, U.S.-Russia arms control, U.S.-China nuclear relations, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Prior to joining NTI, James was a Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where he worked on various issues related to U.S. nuclear policy, nuclear arms control, and global nonproliferation efforts. Concurrently, James served as Political Director at Council for a Livable World, directing their congressional endorsement and campaign education activities and managing their education and lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill.
James was a Scoville Fellow at the Stimson Center in 2014-2015, and he worked in the UK House of Commons in 2012-2013 as a parliamentary researcher for the Scottish National Party, focusing on defense, nuclear, and security issues.
He holds a bachelors degree in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston.
Analysis
U.S. Nuclear Policies for a Safer World
NTI Co-Chairs Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn call on the United States to resume a position of global leadership to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons.
Projects
Advancing Nuclear “Fail-Safe”
Strengthening “fail-safe” procedures to avoid a nuclear blunder
Strengthening the Global Nuclear Order
Updating the global nuclear risk-reduction and nonproliferation architecture for today’s threat environment
Global Enterprise to Strengthen Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Working toward a shared vision of a nuclear weapons-free world