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A Ukraine-Russia Issue: Does It Violate LOAC to Shed Your Identification While Still in Uniform?
That is the claim put forward, with gusto, by Jonathan Eyal of the Royal United Services Institute in this Guardian article. Eyal correctly notes the importance of the principle of distinction, and more... -
New Guantanamo Recidivism Report from the DNI
The DNI yesterday released it's latest Guantanamo reengagement report, which show a 29 percent rate of confirmed or suspected reengagement. That's essentially unchanged from the last such report in Septe... -
The Continuing Low-Grade Cyber Conflict Between Ukraine and Russia
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is quickly becoming a textbook example of low-grade cyber tactics that will likely occur in almost all future conflicts. It has yet to, thankfully, graduate to a full-scale c... -
Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy Conference
Chatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Chatham House for leaning forw... -
The Crimean Crisis: Commentary on International Law Ramifications
As a service to Lawfare readers, we have compiled some other web commentary on the legal aspects of the crisis in Crimea. -
NATO to the Cyber-Defense?
As a follow up to my post of yesterday about cyber in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, here is another thought from Admiral (Ret.) James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO. In his view NATO should: Co... -
Russian Forces in Ukraine: A Sketch of the International Law Issues
Russian forces have seized control of Crimea and reportedly are digging trenches in the land bridge that connects Crimea with the rest of Ukraine. Is this a flagrant violation of international law regula... -
The Russian-Ukrainian Cyber Conflict
As the world watches the slow-motion catastrophe that is happening in Crimea and the Ukraine and wondering how it will all play out on the ground, many in the cyber community are asking a different quest... -
U.N. Special Rapporteur Releases New Report on Drone Use
Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, has released a report in the course of his investi... -
The Clear and Convincing Standard and Citizen Drone Strikes
When last we debated the Government’s legal authority to kill an American terrorist overseas, some big-ticket questions had to do with proof: exactly how much evidence would be required before executive ... -
What is the Point of the New Drone Targeting Rules?
Another tidbit from the NYT story Ben just flagged: It is unclear what Mr. Obama’s position is on whether Mr. Shami should be targeted. American officials said that as part of the new rules ordered by Mr. -
Who is the American the U.S. May Be Targeting Overseas?
The New York Times has the answer---sort of: WASHINGTON — He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah the Syrian. But his nom de guerre masks a reality: He was born in the United S...
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