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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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Kubo Mačák
| Aug 18, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series, Blog
Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict CyCon 2025 Series – Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as the defining disruptive technology of our time. While academics lament the supposed imminent demise of college writing, people turn to...
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Nilanthan Niruthan
| Jul 30, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective International humanitarian law (IHL) is facing a fundamental crisis. As Dr. Erica Harper recently noted, many actors around the world now openly violate the laws of war and face no consequences, accelerating the alarming...
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Andrea Logan
| Jul 21, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force
Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security The Kremlin announced on June 20 that it would finalize a date for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine. This follows two meetings in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, 2025, marking...
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Ken Watkin
| Jul 16, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Intelligence Wars, Their Warriors, and Legal Ambiguity – Part I: Wars and Warriors Editors’ note: This post is part of a two-part series that explores the role military and civilian intelligence organizations perform in contemporary hostilities. On June 13, 2025, the...
