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Stefan Soesanto writes in with the following thoughts on my earlier post on Russia's introduction of troops into Ukraine as an international law violation:
Amidst the ongoing political crisis in the Ukra...
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Russia's recent military actions in Crimea have many wondering what (and where) Crimea is, anyway. Here are the basics on geography and history.
Crimea is a Ukranian peninsula in the northern Black Sea ...
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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...
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As a service to Lawfare readers, we have compiled some other web commentary on the legal aspects of the crisis in Crimea.
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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...
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Addressing an American public skeptical of U.S. military intervention in Syria, President Barack Obama noted, “In that part of the world, there are ancient sectarian differences.” Indeed, religious confl...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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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The security company RSA is hosting a conference this week in San Francisco, at which I'll be speaking tomorrow on a minor panel. This morning however is the big keynote set of speeches. And what is mo...
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David Sanger reports that the Pentagon and the NSA planned a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at “the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad’s command structure” that “would essentially turn the li...