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Aurel Sari
| Oct 1, 2020 | AoW Posts, Emerging Technologies, Space Law, Topics
NATO in Outer Space: A Domain Too Far? This post examines whether Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty is applicable to armed attacks in outer space. NATO nations have recently recognized outer space as a new operational domain for the Alliance. Although the...
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Durward Johnson
| Sep 24, 2020 | AoW Posts, Other Bodies of Law, Topics, Use of Force
The UN Soleimani Report and the U.S. Article 51 Notification On July 9, 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions released a report on the legality of targeted killing by drone strikes. The backdrop for the report is the...
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Rob McLaughlin
| Sep 17, 2020 | AoW Posts, Conflict Classification, History of LOAC, Topics
Whither Recognition of Belligerency? Delineating, defining, and dealing with how the law of armed conflict applies to civil wars and other non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) has presented constant legal challenges over the last two decades. Numerous...
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Christopher J. Borgen
| Sep 10, 2020 | AoW Posts, Emerging Technologies, Space Law, Topics
Space Power, Space Force, and Space Law Space is a unique operational domain not only due to its physics, but also due to its legal regime. Although Space Power, the inaugural doctrinal manual of the U.S. Space Force, does not focus on legal issues in and of...
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Gary Corn
| Sep 3, 2020 | AoW Posts, Cyber, Emerging Technologies, Topics
Cyber Operations and The Imperfect Art of “Translating” the Law of War to New Technologies Since the inception of combat as an organized endeavor, humans have innovated new means and methods of warfare to gain advantage over their adversaries. Some of these...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 27, 2020 | AoW Posts, Cyber, Topics
Noteworthy Releases of International Cyber Law Positions—PART II: Iran Last week, Iran’s Armed Forces released its “Declaration of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Regarding International Law Applicable to the Cyberspace.”...
