by Robert Lawless, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 28, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict
Augmented Reality Battlefield States are prioritizing measures to enhance soldiers’ situational awareness during military operations, including the development of augmented reality capabilities. Augmented reality, as distinguished from virtual reality, superimposes...
by Jay Jackson, Kenneth "Daniel" Jones | Apr 26, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Lawful Use of Nuclear Weapons The February invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces was followed by an even graver threat to global peace as the Kremlin announced President Vladimir Putin’s order to raise Russia’s nuclear forces into a higher...
by Adam Aliano, Russell Spivak | Apr 25, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Other Bodies of Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – The Montreux Convention and Turkey’s Impact on Black Sea Operations Weeks into Russia’s military campaign into Ukraine, the role homeported Black Sea maritime forces are playing is well documented. Reuters recently published a story in which...
by Chris Koschnitzky, Steve Szymanski | Apr 22, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status Before its latest shelling of Mariupol, Russia demanded that fighters defending the city surrender, lest they face a “military tribunal.” More recently, there were rumblings that...
by Ezequiel Heffes | Apr 21, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog
Non-State Armed Groups’ Perspectives of IHL: The FARC-EP Case Non-State armed groups (NSAGs) are one of the dramatis personae in the current humanitarian landscape. Not only do these entities use armed violence to achieve their military and political goals, they also...
by Cynthia J. Parmley, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Apr 20, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law
New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations The Stockton Center for International Law (SCIL), U.S. Naval War College (NWC), recently completed a 2-year effort, in coordination with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard, to...