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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jan 16, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting, Use of Force
Russian Cyber Operations and Ukraine: The Legal Framework Last week, hostile cyber operations targeted approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites, including that of the Cabinet. Affected sites included Diia, the most widely used site for handling online government...
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Jonathan Horowitz
| Jan 13, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Use of Force
Private Companies in Cyber Operations During Armed Conflict The legal implications surrounding military offensive cyber operations in armed conflict have received considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. In contrast, this piece assesses the implications...
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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| Jan 10, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Uncategorized
Seizure of the M/V Rwabee Was Consistent with International Law On January 2, 2022, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) advised that Houthi rebels attacked and seized the M/V Rwabee, an Emerati-flagged cargo ship 23 nautical miles (nm) west of Yemen’s...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jan 7, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, LOAC History
Embracing LOAC Pluralism Although the prospect of war remains, the end of two decades of active hostilities affords the United States and its partners the breathing room to rethink their approaches to developing and interpreting the law of armed conflict (LOAC). In...
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Lieber Institute
| Jan 6, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History, Uncategorized
Year Ahead – 2022 In our look back at 2021, affiliates of the Lieber Institute discussed some of the law of armed conflict issues that made an impact in the past year. In the present post, Professors Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Chris Jenks, Laurie Blank,...
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Lieber Institute
| Dec 30, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, LOAC History, Uncategorized
Year in Review – 2021 The approach of a new year provides an opportunity to reflect on the past year and to anticipate what the future may hold in the next. In keeping with the tradition of year-in-review surveys, we asked affiliates of the Lieber Institute what...
