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David A. Koplow

David A. Koplow is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.  He previously served as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at the Department of Defense and as attorney advisor and special assistant to the director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressing The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Sept. 26th, 2019. Credit: Bones Donovan accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Legal and political myths of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

By David A. Koplow, Edward M. Ifft | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons
Rocket models are stuck in a bucket during a February protest action in Berlin against the imminent withdrawal of the INF disarmament agreement between Russia and the USA. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa (Photo by Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

An ambitious arms control agenda requires a new organization equal to the task

By James E. Goodby, David A. Koplow | Nuclear Risk