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Samuel White
| Apr 16, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict
Interning a Hacker Recently, at a workshop at Harvard Law School, I grappled with the question of internment in any international armed conflict (IAC) in the near future. It is a question some are uncomfortable with, although the concept of internment remains legally...
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Masoud Zamani
| Mar 26, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies
How Meaningful is “Meaningful Human Control” in LAWS Regulation? In recent years, the concept of “meaningful human control” (MHC) has emerged as a key consideration in regulating lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). This standard seeks to ensure substantial human...
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Samuel Bendett,
David Kirichenko
| Feb 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags into a grueling war of attrition, both sides are intensifying efforts to achieve a battlefield breakthrough with technological innovation. The invasion has sparked a rapid...
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Laurie R. Blank,
Daphné Richemond-Barak
| Jan 17, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies
When Technology Meets Humanity: Harnessing New and Emerging Technologies at the End of Conflict New and emerging technologies offer significant contributions toward facilitating the end of conflict and protecting and easing the effects of conflict on the civilian...
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William H. Boothby
| Jan 13, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Weapons Law
The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part II The first part of this two-part post, described and explained the weapons law principles and rules that apply to suicide or kamikaze drones. It also set forth and explained applicable targeting law principles...
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William H. Boothby
| Jan 10, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Targeting, Weapons Law
The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I In conflicts during the last few years, unmanned air weapons, commonly referred to as drones, have increasingly been used to undertake attacks of ground targets. These attacks have recently involved large...
