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Strategic Stability and the Global Race for Technological Leadership

Improvements in military technology have created new potential threats to nuclear forces and their command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) systems.

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By James M. Acton
Published on Nov 15, 2020

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James M. Acton

Jessica T. Mathews Chair, Co-director, Nuclear Policy Program

Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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