by Geoff Corn, Robert Ashley | Jan 18, 2022
LOAC and Legitimacy: When Combat Becomes a Supporting Effort to Information Over the past two decades information was mostly conceptualized as a supporting effort to combat: information contributed to tactical and operational success. Given today’s immediately...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Jan 16, 2022
Russian Cyber Operations and Ukraine: The Legal Framework Last week, hostile cyber operations targeted approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites, including that of the Cabinet. Affected sites included Diia, the most widely used site for handling online government...
by Jonathan Horowitz | Jan 13, 2022
Private Companies in Cyber Operations During Armed Conflict The legal implications surrounding military offensive cyber operations in armed conflict have received considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. In contrast, this piece assesses the implications...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 16, 2021
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part I: When May Force Be Used? Responding in early July to concerns about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan after two decades of war, President Biden announced, “We are developing a counterterrorism over-the-horizon...
by Craig Jones | Nov 22, 2021
Legal Advice in Modern Aerial Warfare Military lawyers play an increasingly vital role in lethal (and non-lethal) targeting operations. Although their involvement is operationally and geographically provisional, legal advice is transforming the way that contemporary...
by Dale Stephens, Eve Massingham | Nov 18, 2021
Military Partners and the Obligation to “Ensure Respect” for IHL The Common Article 1 obligation to “ensure respect” for international humanitarian law (IHL) has become a topic of considerable reflection and debate. The extent to which States must...
