by Lauren Sanders, Damian Copeland | Sep 15, 2021
Holding Autonomy to Account: Legal Standards for Autonomous Weapon Systems The March 21 UN Panel of Experts on Libya report, citing the use of an autonomous armed drone by Turkish-backed Government of National Accord Affiliate Forces to attack retreating...
by Carolyn Sharp | Jul 22, 2021
When Corporations Take Offensive Measures Against States Cyberattacks are increasingly inundating the private sector, and most States are unable or unwilling to provide adequate protection against these attacks. To mitigate this challenge, numerous corporations...
by Hitoshi Nasu | Jun 10, 2021
The Kargu-2 Autonomous Attack Drone: Legal & Ethical Dimensions In March 2021, a UN Panel of Experts on Libya reported a possible use of lethal autonomous weapons systems—such as the STM Kargu-2—which “were programmed to attack targets without requiring data...
by Laurie R. Blank, Eric Jensen, Daphné Richemond-Barak, Larry Lewis | May 26, 2021
Technology, Humanity, and the End of War The role of new technologies in targeting—including GPS-guided weapons, battle networks, collateral damage estimation methodology (CDEM), cyber, drones, and autonomous weapons—has been the focus of extensive analysis by...
by Shane Reeves | May 5, 2021
The Future Character of War and the Law In 2018, then Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley wrote that socio-economic, political, and technological changes will “revolutionize battlefields unlike anything since the integration of machine guns, tanks, and...
by R. Patrick Huston | Apr 21, 2021
A Pacifist-General’s Plan to Win America’s Next War I’m not an absolute pacifist in the true sense of the word, but I’m about as close as you can get. I firmly believe in using military force only as a last resort. My view is shaped by my experience as both a soldier...
