Nuclear deterrence and taboo?

Nuclear deterrence and taboo?

Nuclear weapons were used twice against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in the closing days of World War II. We want to explain why that is still the only time that nuclear weapons have been used in armed conflict.
I am the Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford. I am also a Fellow at Trinity College and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC). My research concerns the role of law and morality in international relations, specifically in war. I focus on three strands of work. I am a 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner.
About Janina Dill