James Cameron
@jjjcameron.bsky.social
Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
On current performance, it seems doubtful that this administration has the necessary expertise to negotiate a New START follow-on, even if it wanted to.
atomicbell@atomicbell.bsky.social · 5h agoNew START, the last US-Russia nuclear reduction treaty, expired 6 months ago today. It appears that absolutely nothing has been done to put guardrails back around the two largest nuclear arsenals in the world. Washington and Moscow's dereliction of duty threatens the entire planet.
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
This seems like a long tweet. Would you like an AI summary?
Bleddyn Bowen@bleddb.bsky.social · yesterdayAdobe is making it increasingly difficult to just read PDF files, which is the only thing I ever used anything from them for.
Europe needs its own conventional precision stike, because there aren't going to be any American missile stocks left if Washington gets into a fight with China over Taiwan.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
"A fourth person familiar with the matter said that while Central Command... has nearly used up the land-based missiles it had before the war began, it has been able to reload from U.S. military supplies elsewhere in the world." Very grand, much strategy.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
My non-fiction debut "We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West" is out today. It's the result of years of research, travel to a dozen countries, and countless conversations. Thank you @wwnorton.com and everyone who supported me along the way. wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Definitely the case here. In two weeks we find which 9 of 12 in my group will be gone. The other 3 will then have a month to prepare and find hourly-paid replacements for all the classes across two degrees. And supervise 25 PhDs. Plus admin and pastoral care and research. Management doesn’t care.
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you're arriving at uni this autumn, or maybe dropping your kids, remember that there could be a ghostly phalanx of absent redundant staff, lost modules and degraded degrees making it a very unhappy place. It may *look* the same, but it won't *be* the same. www.ft.com/content/e5b0...
So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
"Six months in-country, and I'd already seen enough blazers and bow ties to last me a lifetime."
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d agoIt's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it
"Six months in-country, and I'd already seen enough blazers and bow ties to last me a lifetime."
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d agoIt's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it
“It’s not an intentional attack but it’s the unintended consequences. No one is looking at the cumulative effect, which has been as bad or worse than anything that’s happened in the US.” Britain seems incredibly careless with its inheritance, frittering it away, assuming it will continue forever.
Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says
LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic students’ fees, limits on international students and rise in employers’ national insurance
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This Ukrainian comment on the US handover of leadership of the Security Assistance Group is quietly devastating. The US is now so unreliable as a partner for Ukraine that it is better for Washington to step back from leading this military support effort. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
The year is 2028. The strait of Hormuz is still closed. Fuel at the pump is now 10 dollars. The sixth pipeline across the Arabian peninsula has been opened. It got hit by a Shahed-378 the next day. The largest industry in the US is betting when Axios posts that the MoU #37 is close to being signed.
"Hello, we just did a very stupid AI-related thing with one of our major products, but you can definitely trust us to self-regulate this allegedly transformative technology. Thx."
Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.
I guess being able to calculate change via mental arithmetic is about as relevant a day-to-day skill as working things out in pounds, shillings and pence was to me. My parents' generation regularly complained about this dying art, despite the UK's switch to the decimal system in 1971.
Kevin Rothrock@kevinrothrock.me · 7d agojust unlocked a new Gen Z teen anxiety that i didnt even know existed: panicking when being told to use cash instead of contactless pay
Colby like many other American leaders and analysts is fundamentally Cakeist in assuming that the United States can sustain the same level of authority it had in Europe during the Cold War while contributing far less to European security
Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.bsky.social · last wk.US undersecretary of defence Colby announces that the US forces’ “Europe Posture Review” has begun. This is about creating a “NATO 3.0”, aka NATO with less US.
Boy I hope this bit from my Gallipoli chapter, which I’m in the middle of writing, isn’t prescient.
Classic military move to give the enemy a big heads-up before a highly risky special operation.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoThe United States is considering a large-scale special operations mission to seize enriched uranium from fortified Iranian nuclear sites, the New York Post reported Saturday.
Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/
Flashbacks of the first Trump term and on a positive note: Chaos in the Trump administration seems to have reached a point where it can't even get its disruptive policies implemented.
James Cameron@jjjcameron.bsky.social · 2w agoHow the US-Saudi nuclear pact came unstuck: basically Trump saw some criticism on Fox that he didn't like and decided to attach normalization of relations with Israel as a condition.
Yet more evidence that Fox News commentators are some of the most politically influential people in America.
James Cameron@jjjcameron.bsky.social · 2w agoHow the US-Saudi nuclear pact came unstuck: basically Trump saw some criticism on Fox that he didn't like and decided to attach normalization of relations with Israel as a condition.
How the US-Saudi nuclear pact came unstuck: basically Trump saw some criticism on Fox that he didn't like and decided to attach normalization of relations with Israel as a condition.
How Trump upended the Saudi nuclear deal less than 24 hours after its signing | CNN Politics
Trump abruptly announced Thursday that the deal was subject to a new condition: Saudi Arabia would have to join the Abraham Accords.
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Some news! As many of you know, I've been a Distinguished Research Fellow at @fpri.bsky.social consulting with @aaronstein1.bsky.social on space and missile defense. Today it gets much better: the whole freaking open-source research team is joining FPRI full time. (1/4)
For a man who ran three times for president as a dealmaker, Trump is terrible at making deals.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump on Saudi Nuke deal:
Fielding a lot of questions about the 123 agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since there are conflicting accounts of what's in it (actual media vs. POTUS' social media) & I haven't seen the actual text, it's tough to comment on anything except the broader principles. Here are 10 thoughts:
I think Putin will probably escalate regardless of what happens with the EU sanctions package. But he may be tempted to go further if he thinks the EU is unwilling to endure further economic pain and is therefore more coercible.
Henry Foy@henryjfoy.ft.com · 2w agoAs EU ambassadors begin a crunch debate on the next round of Russia sanctions, with billions of euros worth of LNG exports and oil revenues hanging in the balance, the @financialtimes.com editorial board lays out the crude truth Background here: as.ft.com/r/3ac50792-e...
Based on nothing in particular, it might be that Tehran now thinks it needs to impose an oil-supply shock to demonstrate the deterrent value of Hormuz and force the US to really back off.
John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social · 2w agoScoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me
The first article of my PhD has been published!!! In it, I offer a framework for understanding situational awareness today. Using a Norwegian case study, I show how situational awareness has adapted to AI, hybrid competition, and shifting alliances. Open access link here: sjms.nu/articles/10....
Situational Awareness in the Third Nuclear Age | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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