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Jonathan Kwik
| Sep 13, 2024 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Targeting
Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies Editor’s note: This post is derived from the author’s recently published book Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies, published with Springer Press. We, members of the human race in 2024, already live in a...
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Kevin S. Coble,
Alexander Hernandez,
Gavin Logan
| Sep 6, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Targeting in an Urban Environment: Why Weaponeering and Tactics Matter Israel’s ongoing urban operations in Gaza have drawn extensive international scrutiny. Critics have focused on the number of reported civilian casualties, with many attributing Israel’s use of...
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Ken Watkin
| Sep 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
International Law and Intelligence Gathering: Mind the Gaps Intelligence gathering is a fundamental element of both statecraft and the conduct of hostilities. Its integral role in armed conflict is evident in the Israel intelligence service, the Shin Bet, having...
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Scott Sullivan
| Aug 28, 2024 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Targeting in the Black Box: The Need to Reprioritize AI Explainability States around the world are racing to leverage the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) to their own military advantage. In the coming decades, AI-based systems are expected to...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 19, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Use of Force
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Israel’s Jus ad Bellum and LOAC Obligations and the Evolving Nature of the Conflict According to the New York Times, some senior American officials have concluded Israel has achieved all it can militarily in the Gaza Strip. It reports...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 2, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force
Targeting Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr On Wednesday morning, Israel killed the Chief of Hamas’s Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. To do so, it reportedly...
