James McKeon is a program officer in the International Peace and Security program, managing the program’s nuclear security portfolio.
Previously, McKeon was a senior program officer at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), supporting various projects related to U.S.-Russia arms control, U.S.-China nuclear relations, emerging technology and strategic stability, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Before NTI, McKeon worked at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and its sister organization, the Council for a Livable World, and he was a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Stimson Center.
McKeon’s expertise and analysis on nuclear policy issues have been published and quoted in various publications, including USA Today, the Washington Post, CBS News, Wired, Politico, BBC Radio, UPI, and War on the Rocks.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Northeastern University in Boston.
