Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series – Introduction

Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series – Introduction

Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series – Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as the defining disruptive technology of our time. While academics lament the supposed imminent demise of college writing, people turn to...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II Editors’ note: In a prior post Professor Gary Corn described recent cyber operations undertaken during conflict between Iran and Israel. He related details of the hacking group, Predatory...
Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective

Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective

Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective International humanitarian law (IHL) is facing a fundamental crisis. As Dr. Erica Harper recently noted, many actors around the world now openly violate the laws of war and face no consequences, accelerating the alarming...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I Editors’ note: In this two-part series, Professor Gary Corn examines law of armed conflict issues arising from cyber operations conducted during the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. With...
An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality

An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality

An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality Scholars have described the law of targeting as lying at the heart of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Within the law of targeting, the rule of proportionality requires military planners,...