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Robert Lawless
| Sep 5, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Operation Spider Web and Instrumentalizing Civilian Objects On 1 June 2025, in one of the boldest operations of the war, Ukraine carried out a massive surprise attack against Russian military installations. The attack, known as Operation Spider Web, was carried out by...
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Robert Lawless
| Jan 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict Last month of 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, part of an agreement by which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in return for security assurances...
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Robert Lawless,
Hitoshi Nasu
| Oct 28, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Electronic Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of participating in the “Future of Warfare and the Law Symposium” at U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas. The conference, which was co-sponsored by Army Futures Command, the...
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Robert Lawless
| Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 DoD Manual Revision, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
2023 DoD Manual Revision – The Civilian Presumption’s Durability The revised U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Law of War Manual recognizes a presumption of civilian status for decision-making in targeting operations. In this post, I explore the implications of a...
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Robert Lawless
| Dec 9, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part II Part 1 of this post presented the factual dispute regarding Russian allegations of U.S. and Ukrainian collaboration on the development of biological weapons. It also...
