James Acton

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James Acton
Senior associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist. He is a senior associate of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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"Iran Ain’t Gonna Sneak Out Under This Deal"  — Acton, James — Foreign Policy — July 16, 2015

James Acton reviews the verification proceedings of the nuclear deal and argues that while not perfect, they allow "effective verification" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons at a covert facility.

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Keywords: 
Sneakout
"Who Cares about an Iranian Nuclear Breakout? Beware of an Atomic "Sneak-out" "  — James M. Acton — The National Interest — November 04, 2014

The author argues that centrifuge numbers are less important than preventing Iran from developing clandestine nuclear facilities and proposes verification measures for the IAEA to accomplish this. 

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Keywords: 
Verification, Sneakout