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 David Wallace, Shane Reeves | Mar 11, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Levée en Masse in Ukraine: Applications, Implications, and Open Questions On February 24, 2022, facing an existential threat, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree ordering a general mobilization to defend Ukraine against a Russian invasion. Posted on the...
by Shane Reeves, Robert Lawless | Jan 19, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Uncategorized
“Great Power Competition” Between Russia and Ukraine: Law of Armed Conflict Implications In a previous article, we discussed the law-of-war implications arising from what the United States is calling “Great Power Competition” (for example, see here and here). Current...
by Shane Reeves | May 5, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Interpretation & Development
The Future Character of War and the Law In 2018, then Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley wrote that socio-economic, political, and technological changes will “revolutionize battlefields unlike anything since the integration of machine guns, tanks, and...
by Shane Reeves, Robert Lawless | Jan 27, 2021 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Conflict Classification, Interpretation & Development
Reexamining the Law of War for Great Power Competition The United States has shifted its national defense posture to focus on “the reemergence of long-term, strategic competition” with “revisionist powers”—namely China and Russia. The government is heavily...