About the Authors
Tim Caughley is currently a non-resident senior fellow of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). From 2017 to 2019 he was a member of the government of Japan’s Eminent Persons Group for the Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament. Formerly he was the director of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, and deputy secretary-general of the Conference on Disarmament. Prior to those appointments, Tim was New Zealand’s permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, and ambassador for disarmament (2002–06). From 1997 to 2001 he was international legal adviser and director, Legal Division, in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington.
Yasmin Afina is a research assistant with the International Security Programme at Chatham House, working on projects related to nuclear weapons systems, emerging technologies including cyber and artificial intelligence, and international law. She formerly worked for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Yasmin holds an LLM from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and an LLB from the University of Essex, as well as a bachelor’s and postgraduate degree in international law from the Université Toulouse I Capitole. She is also a PhD candidate in law at the University of Essex, researching the role of reliability in assessing the legality of artificial intelligence use for military targeting.