by Marten Zwanenburg | Oct 21, 2020
Biometrics on the Battlefield We use biometrics on a daily basis. You need only think of unlocking your phone with your fingerprint, using iris recognition to pass through airport security, or the biometrics integrated into your passport. Considering the...
by Aurel Sari | Oct 1, 2020
NATO in Outer Space: A Domain Too Far? This post examines whether Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty is applicable to armed attacks in outer space. NATO nations have recently recognized outer space as a new operational domain for the Alliance. Although the...
by Christopher J. Borgen | Sep 10, 2020
Space Power, Space Force, and Space Law Space is a unique operational domain not only due to its physics, but also due to its legal regime. Although Space Power, the inaugural doctrinal manual of the U.S. Space Force, does not focus on legal issues in and of...
by Gary Corn | Sep 3, 2020
Cyber Operations and The Imperfect Art of “Translating” the Law of War to New Technologies Since the inception of combat as an organized endeavor, humans have innovated new means and methods of warfare to gain advantage over their adversaries. Some of these...
by Eric Jensen, Summer Crockett | Aug 19, 2020
“DEEPFAKES” AND THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT: ARE THEY LEGAL? The use of misleading “deepfakes” has risen dramatically across the globe. As with so much of emerging technology, deepfakes will inevitably become a part of armed conflict. While perfidious deepfakes...
by Ashley Deeks | Aug 5, 2020
Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-making? The growth of machine learning tools in military operations raises new questions about where the most critical decision points are located. Are the most important political,...
