Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage Editors’ note: This post is based on the authors’ chapter in Big Data and Armed Conflict (Laura Dickinson and Ed Berg eds. 2024), the ninth volume of...
Strikes against the Houthis: The Relationship between Resolution 2722 (2024) and the Right of Self-Defense

Strikes against the Houthis: The Relationship between Resolution 2722 (2024) and the Right of Self-Defense

Strikes against the Houthis: The Relationship between Resolution 2722 (2024) and the Right of Self-Defense Following their strikes against Houthi positions in Yemen, both the United States and the United Kingdom have based their actions on the inherent right of...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – The Ibn Sina Hospital Raid and International Humanitarian Law

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – The Ibn Sina Hospital Raid and International Humanitarian Law

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – The Ibn Sina Hospital Raid and International Humanitarian Law On Monday, an Israeli security forces team conducted a raid into the Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank. During the raid, Mohammed Jalamneh, a Hamas commander, was killed....
Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Big Data and Armed Conflict – Legal Issues Above and Below the Armed Conflict Threshold

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Big Data and Armed Conflict – Legal Issues Above and Below the Armed Conflict Threshold

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Big Data and Armed Conflict – Legal Issues Above and Below the Armed Conflict Threshold Editor’s note: This is the first post in a symposium addressing themes from a new book entitled Big Data and Armed Conflict: Legal...
Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality This post examines the concept of “concrete and direct military advantage” used for purposes of applying proportionality rules in targeting. It concludes that military...