Biological. Chemical. Radiological. When most people think of Weapons of Mass Destruction, or WMDs, they often think of nuclear capabilities and atomic weapons. How will AI development and its catastrophic potential on the battlefield shape the global understanding and control of WMD’s? This week, host Elisa is joined by David Koplow, arms control expert and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, to discuss the history of WMDs, the laws and treaties that govern them, and how AI innovation will shape our future understanding of weapons and warfare.

David Koplow is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University:

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/david-a-koplow/

References:

UN Security Council Resolution of 1977:

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/623117?ln=en

1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, ICRC:

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/cwc-1993

2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons:

https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/treaty-on-the-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons/

2023 Cluster Munition Monitor Report:

http://the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2023/cluster-munition-monitor-2023.aspx

Koplow, David A. Non-Lethal Weapons the Law and Policy of Revolutionary Technologies for the Military and Law Enforcement. Cambridge University Press, 2006:

https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/law/us-law/non-lethal-weapons-law-and-policy-revolutionary-technologies-military-and-law-enforcement?site_view=mobile

Koplow, David A. Death by Moderation: The U.S. Military’s Quest for Useable Weapons. Cambridge University Press, 2010:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/death-by-moderation-david-a-koplow/1110764625

Koplow, David A. Smallpox: The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge. University of California Press, 2003:

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520242203/smallpox

Join us for the 33rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference this November 16-17, held at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel:

https://web.cvent.com/event/7eb6b360-9f77-4555-844f-4fa28099f64a/summary