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Ashley Deeks
| Jul 14, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
Coding the Law of Armed Conflict: First Steps [Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed in the Lieber Studies volume The Future Law of Armed Conflict, which was published 27 May 2022. For a general introduction to this volume, see Professor...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Mar 1, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Deepfake Technology in the Age of Information Warfare Prior to its invasion of Ukraine, there were speculations that Russia was planning to produce a graphic fake video showing a Ukrainian attack as a pretext for an invasion. Although this “false flag” operation did...
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Eric Jensen,
Carolyn Sharp
| Feb 9, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Weapons Law
Reentering the Loop The warfighting advantages of using lethal autonomous systems, and the potential costs of not using them, seem to guarantee their role in future armed conflict. This post argues that optimizing their effectiveness involves not only improving their...
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R. Patrick Huston
| Apr 21, 2021 | AI, AoW Posts, Emerging Technologies, Topics
A Pacifist-General’s Plan to Win America’s Next War I’m not an absolute pacifist in the true sense of the word, but I’m about as close as you can get. I firmly believe in using military force only as a last resort. My view is shaped by my experience as both a soldier...
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Ashley Deeks
| Aug 5, 2020 | AI, AoW Posts, Detention, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Topics
Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-making? The growth of machine learning tools in military operations raises new questions about where the most critical decision points are located. Are the most important political,...
