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Winston Williams,
Jennifer Maddocks
| May 8, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Conflict Classification, Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Targeting
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Introduction Editor’s note: The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the ICRC, HLS PILAC, or other workshop participants. Large-scale combat operations (LSCOs) involve widespread,...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Mar 22, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality
“Strict” versus “Qualified” Neutrality The support neutral States are providing Russia and Ukraine has ignited a debate over neutrality. It is one of existential magnitude for Ukraine. Indeed, the survival of Kyiv in early 2022 can be attributed in significant part to...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Jul 19, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality
The Future Law of Neutrality Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed in the Lieber Studies volume The Future Law of Armed Conflict, which was published 27 May 2022. For a general introduction to this volume, see Professor Matt Waxman’s...
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Tara Brown
| Jul 8, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Neutrality, Space Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – The Risk of Commercial Actors in Outer Space Drawing States into Armed Conflict Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the satellite communications firm Viasat confirmed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that is suspected to...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 6, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – U.S. Offensive Cyber Operations in Support of Ukraine Last Wednesday, General Paul Nakasone, Commander of United States Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency, opened the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of...
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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| May 31, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Is the Law of Neutrality Dead? The 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict has rekindled the debate about the validity of qualified neutrality during an international armed conflict. The concept is sometimes also referred to as benevolent neutrality....
