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A Dissenting Word on the Harold Koh Memoranda
I want to take issue with Peter Margulies’s laudatory remarks this weekend about the Harold Koh memos on extraterritorial application of the ICCPR and the CAT---you know, those memos that mysteriously sh... -
Sophia Yan on Chinese Use of Drones to Control . . . Smog
Lawfare readers---and listeners---know Sophia Yan as the pianist who recorded our podcast music. But she's also, in her other life, a reporter for CNN Money in Hong Kong. -
Extraterritoriality and Human Rights: Time for a Change in the U.S. View?
As Jack has frequently observed, legitimacy and effectiveness often go hand-in-hand. The two comprehensive State Department memoranda by former Legal Adviser (and Yale Law School dean) Harold Koh releas... -
NYT on the United States' Position on Human Rights Treaties
Well worth a read: Charlie Savage's story, for the New York Times, regarding Obama Administration debate over whether the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention Against ... -
Ryan Calo on the FAA's Setback on Domestic Drones
"Drones: 1, FAA: 0" is the headline of Ryan Calo's article in Forbes.com about the overturning of an FAA fine against a domestic drone operator. Those who remember the FAA's faintly absurd intervention i... -
Security Programs take Center Stage in Austin During South by Southwest
If you've never been to Austin during South by Southwest, you are truly missing out. SXSW season begins today with the SXSW Interactive and Film Festivals, and I'm happy to report that the Strauss Cente... -
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...
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