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James Jerome John Cameron

Professor - Historie
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Mobile phone 90531941
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Visiting address Niels Henrik Abels vei 36 Niels Treschows hus 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1008 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Academic interests

Dr. James Cameron is Professor of Modern North American History in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH) at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on the history of arms control from the nineteenth century to the present and the lessons it holds for contemporary policy. James would be happy to hear from students with an interest in the history of U.S. foreign relations, as well as the history of nuclear weapons and arms control. 

Background

James has previously held positions in the Oslo Nuclear Project at the University of Oslo, the Department of War Studies at King's College London, the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil, the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University, and Yale University's International Security Studies (ISS). He holds a PhD and BA in History from the University of Cambridge and an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Oxford.

 

Publications

  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2025). Undermining the Balance: MIRV Exclusion, SALT I, and Strategic Instability. In Herzog, Stephen; Arceneaux, Giles David & Petrovics, Ariel F. W. (Ed.), Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail. MIT Press. ISSN 9780262051866. p. 225–256. doi: 10.7551/mitpress/16163.003.0017. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2025). Negotiating Primacy: Strategic Stability, Superpower Arms Control, and the End of the Cold War. Texas National Security Review (TNSR). ISSN 2576-1021. 8(2), p. 47–74. doi: 10.26153/TSW/59559. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John & Bruusgaard, Kristin Ven (2024). Norway, deterrence, reassurance and strategic stability in Europe. Journal of Strategic Studies. ISSN 0140-2390. doi: 10.1080/01402390.2024.2321138. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2024). Deterrence, reassurance and strategic stability: The enduring relevance of Johan Jørgen Holst. Journal of Strategic Studies. ISSN 0140-2390. doi: 10.1080/01402390.2024.2321135. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2021). Anticommunism, Trade, and Debt: The Reagan Administration and Brazil, 1981-1989. In Hunt, Jonathan R. & Miles, Simon (Ed.), The Reagan Moment: America and the World in the 1980s. Cornell University Press (CUP). ISSN 9781501760716. p. 281–299. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2020). What History Can Teach. Daedalus. ISSN 0011-5266. 149(2), p. 116–132. doi: 10.1162/daed_a_01793. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2021). China’s Silos: New Intelligence, Old Problems. War on the Rocks. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2021). Russia proved it can shoot down a satellite. Does this make space less secure? The Washington Post. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2021). The U.S. and Russia kept a bilateral nuclear weapons deal alive. The harder part comes next. The Washington Post. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2021). What did China test in space, exactly, and why? The Washington Post. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John (2020). The U.S. plans to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty. That’s a miscalculation. The Washington Post. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John & Rabinowitz, Or (2020). Trump officials have talked about resuming nuclear testing. Here’s why that would hurt the U.S. The Washington Post. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cameron, James Jerome John; Pifer, Steven & Andrey, Baklitskiy (2021). Deep Cuts Working Paper #14: Missile Defense and the Offense Defense Relationship. Deep Cuts Commission. Full text in Research Archive

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