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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...
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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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Cynthia J. Parmley,
Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| Apr 20, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law
New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations The Stockton Center for International Law (SCIL), U.S. Naval War College (NWC), recently completed a 2-year effort, in coordination with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard, to...
