Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part II
by Gerald Mako, Lemuel Valdez | Oct 19, 2026 | Accountability, AI, AoW Posts, Blog
Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part II The danger that cyber compromises pose to lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) is that operators can make the right decision based on false information. Humans may remain in command...
GC IV Commentary Series – Reprisals in NIACs: What Is the Commentary’s Take?
by Mina Radončić | Oct 16, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, GC IV Commentary Series, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
GC IV Commentary Series – Reprisals in NIACs: What Is the Commentary’s Take? Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series...
Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting
by Zohaib Altaf | Oct 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting
Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting A future military base may not only rely on diesel generators, vulnerable grids, and exposed fuel convoys for energy. It may instead be powered by a small nuclear reactor integrated into AI-enabled command nodes,...
GC IV Commentary Series – Navigating the Complexities of Common Article 3
by Geoff Corn, Benzion Aron | Oct 14, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, GC IV Commentary Series, Law of Armed Conflict
GC IV Commentary Series – Navigating the Complexities of Common Article 3 Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is...
Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part I
by Gerald Mako, Lemuel Valdez | Oct 13, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog
Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part I Observing that modern warfare is ever more reliant on networks, data, sensors, and software, all of which are vulnerable to attack, has the novelty factor of a field manual...