Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age

Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age

Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age Articles of War has featured discussion of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) rules concerning booby-traps (see, e.g., here, here, here, and here). All have been based in the land domain. I am...
Military Objective or Civilian Object? The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency’s Status in Case of Armed Conflict

Military Objective or Civilian Object? The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency’s Status in Case of Armed Conflict

Military Objective or Civilian Object? The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency’s Status in Case of Armed Conflict The increasing reliance of States on cyber infrastructure for both civilian and military purposes has generated renewed debate on the protection...
Future of Warfare and Law Series – Introduction

Future of Warfare and Law Series – Introduction

Future of Warfare and Law Series – Introduction Editors’ note: This post introduces a series featuring topics discussed during the Third Annual Future of Warfare and the Law Symposium. This past May, a community of military legal scholars and technical experts...
The Internal Proportionality Assessment in Cyberspace

The Internal Proportionality Assessment in Cyberspace

The Internal Proportionality Assessment in Cyberspace The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s Prosecutor v. Prlić et al. Appeals Chamber judgment, as well as the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission’s Western Front arbitral award found that a...
CyCon 2025 Series – AI-Enabled Offensive Cyber Operations: Legal Challenges in the Shadows of Automation

CyCon 2025 Series – AI-Enabled Offensive Cyber Operations: Legal Challenges in the Shadows of Automation

CyCon 2025 Series – AI-Enabled Offensive Cyber Operations: Legal Challenges in the Shadows of Automation Editors’ note: This post is part of a series that features presentations at this year’s 17th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) in Tallinn,...
Firewalls and Fault Lines: Cyber War in the Middle East

Firewalls and Fault Lines: Cyber War in the Middle East

Firewalls and Fault Lines: Cyber War in the Middle East Following the Iran-Israel War, a conflict blending relentless Israel Defense Force (IDF) airstrikes with Iranian missile and drone barrages, some Middle Eastern battlefields have quieted, making it easy to forget...