GC REAIM Expert
Dr. James Johnson is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Director of Strategic Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the University of Leicester, a Non-Resident Research Associate on the European Research Council funded Towards a Third Nuclear Age Project, and a Mid-Career Cadre Member with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues. He advises various parts of the US and UK governments on AI and nuclear policy, including the US Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Joint Staff’s Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) program and the UK Office for Artificial Intelligence. He has authored three volumes on AI and future war: The AI Commander: Centaur Teaming, Command, and Ethical Dilemmas (Oxford University Press, 2024), AI and the Bomb: Nuclear Strategy and Risk in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2023), and Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfare: USA, China & Strategic Stability (Manchester University Press, 2021).
