This seminar will explore different forms of regulation of new weapons technology: regulation ex ante, which occurs before a weapon or technique has been used in battle; regulation in media res, when a weapon or technique is new and in use, but not widely; and regulation post facto, when a weapon or technique has been widely used for a sustained period. The discussion is based on an ongoing research project exploring the extent to which, and in what way, the timing of the legal regulation of battlefield weapons and techniques matters.

Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism”

The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the E P Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
Convenor: Meera Selva

Abstract: In 2013, the Obama Administration’s “Nuclear Employment Strategy” guidance announced that all war plans and operations would be “consistent with the fundamental principles of the Law of Armed Conflict” (LOAC). The Trump Administration’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review repeated this commitment. The literature on nuclear strategy and deterrence in political science however, has either ignored these legal requirements or misunderstood them.