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Erin Pobjie
| Mar 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Regulating Military Force Series, Space Law, Use of Force
Regulating Military Force Series – The Meaning of Prohibited “Use of Force” in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force:...
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William H. Boothby
| Feb 16, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Space Law, Use of Force
Russian Nuclear Weapons in Space Recent news reports indicate that U.S. authorities fear Russia “wants to put,” a nuclear weapon into space, with U.S. intelligence describing this as a “serious security threat.” The suggested possible purpose of the weapons would be...
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Matthew H. Ormsbee
| Dec 18, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Space Law, Use of Force
The Korean Space Race At the end of 2023, we enter a new phase of competition and proxy war on the Korean Peninsula in what could be dubbed the Korean Space Race. Kim Jong-un, the mercurial North Korean leader, has long prioritized placing military spy satellites over...
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Mickaël Dupenloup
| Jun 21, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law
A New Silenus Box: The French Manual on the Law of Military Operations French armed forces have participated in more than a hundred military operations since 1995. Enhanced operational activity notwithstanding, France strives to consistently keep its military...
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Jeremy Grunert
| Dec 23, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law, Space Law
The US Space Force at 3: Growing Dangers for a Growing Branch On 20 December 2022, the US Space Force (USSF) will celebrate the third anniversary of its creation—an anniversary that comes at the end of a year rife with space-related challenges. The after-effects of...
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Tara Brown
| Aug 5, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law, Targeting
Can Starlink Satellites Be Lawfully Targeted? In an earlier post, I discussed the special attribution regime in Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the risk of activities of commercial actors drawing States into existing armed conflicts. This analysis...
