Latest in Foreign Relations & International Law
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U.K. National Cyber Force, Responsible Cyber Power, and Cyber Persistence Theory
The U.K. National Cyber Force’s operating document offers a framework for responsible cyber behavior in the highly contested cyber strategic environment and further validates cyber persistence theory. -
Civilianization of Digital Operations: A Risky Trend
The growing involvement of civilians in activities on the digital battlefield puts individuals at risk of harm and contributes to the erosion of the principle of distinction, an edifice on which the rest... -
Incomplete Without Sweden: Finland’s NATO Accession and the Future of ‘Nord-NATO’
Even the closest partnership is not the same as full allied status. -
The Origin of SARS-CoV-2: Animal Transmission or Lab Leak?
The evidence continues to point to the Huanan Market. The ongoing debate, though, is fueling bad policy. -
ChinaTalk: AI Military Competition: Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Implications
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ChinaTalk: What to Do About Foreign Interference
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ICJ Orders U.S. to Compensate Iran for Illegally Freezing Assets
The court found that the U.S. acted in violation of the Treaty of Amity and ordered it to compensate Iran for harms experienced. -
How China’s Spies Fooled an America That Wanted to be Fooled
A review of Alex Joske, “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World” (Hardie Grant, 2022). -
Afghanistan Requires a Change from Humanitarian Business as Usual
Given Afghanistan’s economic weakness and uncaring regime, the international community’s current approach to humanitarian aid for the country is unsustainable. -
A Dispatch From Italy: Meloni’s First Six Months
An appraisal of “Europe’s most dangerous woman” and her first months as prime minister of Italy. -
Late Effort at the International Law Commission to Decriminalize the Crime of Aggression Is Wrong in Law
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 L... -
Biden Administration Notifies Congress of Strikes Targeting IRGC-Affiliated Groups in Syria
President Joe Biden sent a letter notifying the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate of the precision strikes.



