Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems

Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems

Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems Editors’ note: This is the seventh post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under...
Armenia’s Military Procurement from India and Article 36 of the Additional Protocol I

Armenia’s Military Procurement from India and Article 36 of the Additional Protocol I

Armenia’s Military Procurement from India and Article 36 of the Additional Protocol I Armenia is rearming. Following the catastrophic losses of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and the complete collapse of Russian reliability as a security guarantor, Yerevan has...
Military Animals in Armed Conflict

Military Animals in Armed Conflict

Military Animals in Armed Conflict For much of human history, armies have relied on military animals to prosecute wars. Horses have served as means of transportation and tactical maneuver since ancient times. Mules, donkeys, camels, and other pack animals have been...
Gaps and Seams in the Law of Armed Conflict for AI-Enabled Cyber Operations

Gaps and Seams in the Law of Armed Conflict for AI-Enabled Cyber Operations

Gaps and Seams in the Law of Armed Conflict for AI-Enabled Cyber Operations The continued, robust use of cyber operations in both competition and conflict has inspired many States to express whether and how international law applies to cyber operations. While these...
Unleashing Drone Dominance: Rethinking Department of Defense Weapons Reviews

Unleashing Drone Dominance: Rethinking Department of Defense Weapons Reviews

Unleashing Drone Dominance: Rethinking Department of Defense Weapons Reviews In November 2001, the United States conducted what is considered to be the first ever armed drone attack in Afghanistan. Over the next twenty years, the United States dominated the production...