Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a bold new policy, a DoD Instruction titled “Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response,” that aims to reduce civilian harm on...
Invisible Soldiers

Invisible Soldiers

Invisible Soldiers Images of drone strikes, hypersonic missiles, and directed energy weapons have cultivated imagination of how war might be fought in the future. Meanwhile, on-board cameras and satellites have made modern battlefields more transparent and accessible...
Designing for Reasonableness: The Algorithmic Mediation of Reasonableness in Targeting Decisions

Designing for Reasonableness: The Algorithmic Mediation of Reasonableness in Targeting Decisions

Designing for Reasonableness: The Algorithmic Mediation of Reasonableness in Targeting Decisions Developments on current battlefields are proving that algorithmic decision-support systems are not a distant future, but a reality that military and civilian populations...
Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Algorithms of Care: Military AI, Digital Rights, and the Duty of Constant Care

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Algorithms of Care: Military AI, Digital Rights, and the Duty of Constant Care

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Algorithms of Care: Military AI, Digital Rights, and the Duty of Constant Care 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 the...
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...