David A. Koplow

Georgetown University Law Center

Professor

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

15

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Scholarly Papers (15)

1.

Tangled Up in Khaki and Blue: Lethal and Non-Lethal Weapons in Recent Confrontations

Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, p. 703, 2005, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 871103
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 19 Dec 2005
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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Reverse Distinction: A U.S. Violation of the Law of Armed Conflict in Space

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 24 Mar 2021
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 251 (194,647)

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outer space, law of armed conflict, distinction, discrimination, anti-satellite weapon,

Reverse Distinction: A U.S. Violation of the Law of Armed Conflict in Space

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 26 Feb 2021
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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Law of Armed Conflict, Outer Space, Discrimination, Distinction, Space Force, Satellite, Law of War, International Humanitarian Law, Feasible

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ASAT-Isfaction: Customary International Law and the Regulation of Anti-Satellite Weapons

Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 30, 2009, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 09-09
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 03 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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national security, arms control, outer space, customary international law, law of armed conflict

The Fault is Not in Our Stars: Avoiding an Arms Race in Outer Space

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2017
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 129 (350,877)

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space, weapon, arms race, arms control, nuclear, satellite, anti-satellite, national security, treaty, no first use, test ban, situational awareness

The Fault Is Not in Our Stars: Avoiding an Arms Race in Outer Space

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 25 Oct 2017
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 120 (370,536)
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Space, Weapon, Arms Race, Arms Control, Nuclear, Satellite, Anti-Satellite, National Security, Treaty, No First Use, Test Ban, Situational Awareness

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Deterrence as the MacGuffin: The Case for Arms Control in Outer Space

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2019
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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deterrence, arms control, disarmament, nuclear, outer space, treaty, satellite

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Train Wreck: The U.S. Violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Journal of National Security Law and Policy, Forthcoming, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-128
Number of pages: 148 Posted: 05 Sep 2012
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 172 (277,100)

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arms control, disarmament, chemical weapons, treaty, material breach, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, national security

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An Inference about Interference: A Surprising Application of Existing International Law to Inhibit Anti-Satellite Weapons

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 35, 2014
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 12 Feb 2014
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 154 (304,009)

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outer space, satellite, ASAT, arms control, national technical means of verification

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Exoatmospheric Plowshares: Using a Nuclear Explosive Device for Planetary Defense Against an Incoming Asteroid

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 22 Aug 2018
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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Asteroid, Meteor, Space, Near-Earth Object, Nuclear Weapon, Weapon of Mass Destruction, Treaty, Outer Space Treaty, Test Ban Treaty, United Nations, Security Council, Chicxulub, UNSCR

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You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Alternatives to the U.N. Security Council for Enforcing Nuclear Disarmament and Human Rights

Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol. 29, 2016 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 29 Sep 2015
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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United Nations, Security Council, veto, human rights, R2P, nuclear arms control, disarmament, enforcement, use of force, jus ad bellum, treaty, jus cogens

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A Nuclear Kellogg-Briand Pact: Proposing a Treaty for the Renunciation of Nuclear War as an Instrument of National Policy

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Fall 2014
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 17 Oct 2014
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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nuclear weapon, arms control, disarmament, proliferation, peace, treaty, war

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What Would Zero Look Like? A Treaty for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2014 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 11 Feb 2014
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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nuclear weapons, arms control, disarmament, proliferation, treaty, national security

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Sherlock Holmes Meets Rube Goldberg: Fixing the Entry-into-Force Provisions of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Dec 2016
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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Blinded by the Light: Resolving the Conflict between Satellite Megaconstellations and Astronomy

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 02 Feb 2023
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 35 (700,762)

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outer space, treaty, satellite, telescope

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Un-repeal: Reviving the Arms Control Impact Statements

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 30 Sep 2021
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center
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arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation, environmental law, impact statement

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That Wonderful Year: Smallpox, Genetic Engineering, and Bio-Terrorism

Posted: 04 Aug 2003
David A. Koplow
Georgetown University Law Center

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