As law students across the country prepare to graduate this spring, what might a career in national security law have in store for them? This week, we're recasting an episode from last September, featuring arms control expert and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, David Koplow. Together with Elisa, David guides us through the history of WMDs, the laws and treaties that govern them, and how AI innovation will shape our future understanding (and careers) in national security.

David Koplow is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University

References:

UN Security Council Resolution of 1977

1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, ICRC

2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

2023 Cluster Munition Monitor Report

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

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

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