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Welcome to Lawfare, a new blog by Robert Chesney, Jack Goldsmith, and myself. Despite a deep-seated American distrust of international law, a web of international norms, treaties and agreements compels the United States to defend its conduct in terms intelligible to the world at large. As policymakers grapple with issues from cyberwar to targeted killings, legal expertise in international..
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
Definitional challenges in international law make regulating Wagner Group activity difficult, and transnational governance is not a ready substitute. What can be done instead ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
The international community’s renunciation and criminalization of aggressive wars resulted from a conscious law reform project inspired by two costly world wars. A recommendation from the International Law Commission at the United Nations, if ratified, may undo this precedent ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
The U.N. Forum on Business and Human Rights made it clear that the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are increasingly reflected in concrete legal requirements, and businesses need to start addressing and planning for their implementation ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
The Biden administration’s arms transfer policy emphasizes human rights and governance in arms transfer decisions but hews closely to the format of past policies. How the policy will change outcomes depends on its implementation ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
On the battlefield, every soldier knows what a red cross or red crescent stands for. As warfare is increasingly digitized, is it possible to digitize this universal symbol of protection as well ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
Negotiations for a U.N. cybercrime convention have entered a critical stage. U.N. member states disagree on what “cybercrime” means and what should be the human rights safeguards of the future convention ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
If big data is a resource and therefore a potential target of armed conflict, what kinds of attacks justify an armed response and what are the rules governing such attacks ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
Israel’s Supreme Court published the reasons for its judgment on the legality of the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Delimitation Agreement ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
The undersea cable system is increasingly vulnerable to attack, yet reliance on this critical infrastructure to carry internet traffic as well as the transfer energy continues to grow. A divided Congress should unite to better protect this critical infrastructure ..read more
Lawfare » International Law
1y ago
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s prudent navigation of nascent legal concepts to diminish his force’s reliance on supply lines and forage for provisions enabled battlefield success. Today, Grant’s actions provide a cogent legal blueprint for contemporary military leaders in future operational planning ..read more