Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence Through a Legal Lens

Discussion between Jonathan Granoff and Charles Moxley, Analyzing the State of International Law concerning Nuclear Weapons

This will be a discussion between Jonathan Granoff and Charles Moxley, concerning Prof. Moxley’s upcoming new book, Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Existential Risks of Nuclear War and Deterrence through a Legal Lens.

Professor’s Moxley upcoming book provides a comprehensive analysis of the lawfulness of the use of nuclear weapons, based on existing international law, established facts as to nuclear weapons and their effects, and nuclear weapons policies and plans of the United States.  Moxley argues that law can be a positive force in society’s addressing existential risks posed by nuclear weapons and the policy of nuclear deterrence.  See https://nuclearweaponslaw.com/

Charles Moxley teaches nuclear weapons law at Fordham Law School and has written and spoken about international law restraints on the threat and use of nuclear weapons for over twenty years.  Former chair of the NYSBA’s Dispute Resolution Section and current co-chair of ComFed’s Committee on Arbitration and ADR, Moxley is the principal in MoxleyADR LLC.

Jonathan Granoff is President, Global Security Institute, and Senior Advisor, Permanent Secretariat of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates.

Charles Moxley and Jonathan Granoff are co-authors, with John Burroughs, of the Fordham Journal of International Law article, Nuclear Weapons and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Moxley, Granoff, and Burroughs were leading organizers of the NYSBA’s 2023 conference “Nuclear Weapons and International Law: The Renewed Imperative in Light of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine,” conference (November 2023).  They were also leading organizers of NYSBA’s 2020 conference, “Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2020,” the proceedings of which were published by the Fordham International Law Journal.