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James E. Doyle

James E. Doyle is an independent nuclear security specialist. From 1997 to 2014, he was on the technical staff of the Nonproliferation Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.


Articles by James E. Doyle

anti-war signs on Russian Embassy in London

Building a nuclear off-ramp following the war in Ukraine

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons
W76 warhead life extension

How Biden can achieve a first in arms control: A verifiable nuclear warhead freeze

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons
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How to reduce both nuclear and pandemic threats after COVID-19

By James E. Doyle | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

The inhumanity of nuclear deterrence

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons

Ballistic missiles: Limit them first. Then ban them.

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

Mini-nukes: Still a bad choice for the United States

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

An occurrence at Oak Ridge: Morality in an age of nuclear peril

By James E. Doyle | Uncategorized

OPLAN 2045: Preparing for nuclear disarmament

By James E. Doyle | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Security

Careful, we might nuke you: The consequences of rejecting a nuclear no-first-use pledge

By James E. Doyle | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Security

The full price of nuclear deterrence

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

The Manhattan Project legacy: A response to Richard Rhodes

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The psychology of nuclear survival

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion