by Shane Reeves, Robert Lawless | Sep 12, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Data-Rich Battlefields and the Future LOAC Alongside the physical conflict in Ukraine, the parties are waging a ruthless data war. Russia continues to deploy its formidable “information war machine” to “confuse and disable”...
by Robert Lawless, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 28, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict
Augmented Reality Battlefield States are prioritizing measures to enhance soldiers’ situational awareness during military operations, including the development of augmented reality capabilities. Augmented reality, as distinguished from virtual reality, superimposes...
by Sean Watts, Robert Lawless | Mar 25, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
The Law and Character of War in 2035 In fall of 2020, the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare at West Point joined a U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) multi-year study on the changing character of warfare. The study has convened three times annually since. Its purpose...
by Robert Lawless | Mar 21, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Are Mercenaries in Ukraine? Reports suggest both Russia and Ukraine are recruiting and supplementing forces in ways that potentially implicate international legal rules related to mercenaries. This post, after surveying media reports of mercenaries in Ukraine,...
by Robert Lawless | Feb 18, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
The U.S. Legal Obligation to Take Precautions to Minimize Civilian Harm U.S. Special Forces recently conducted a raid against the residence of the Islamic State’s leader. President Biden and other U.S. Department of Defense officials ordered a ground operation rather...