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Jonathan Kwik,
Adriaan Wiese
| Dec 5, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Can AI Teach Itself to Abuse IHL-Protected Indicators? In war, there is every incentive to deceive. Thousands of years ago, humans learnt that misleading the enemy, dissimulating one’s intentions, and misrepresenting the truth often led to tangible tactical and...
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Eric Pouw,
Peter Pijpers
| Aug 22, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict
CyCon 2025 Series – AI-Enabled Offensive Cyber Operations: Legal Challenges in the Shadows of Automation Editors’ note: This post is part of a series that features presentations at this year’s 17th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) in Tallinn,...
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Gary Corn
| Aug 5, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict
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...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Use of Force
Interpreting the Law of Self-Defense The 13 June 2025 Israeli attack (Operation Rising Lion) on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, as well as senior military leaders and nuclear scientists, sparked a sophisticated debate over the parameters of the...
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Rob McLaughlin
| May 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Maritime
Attack on the MV Conscience: Issues Related to Blockade Law The MV Conscience is reportedly a Palau-flagged “passenger vessel” currently operated for a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition.” The coalition, also called the Gaza...
