Not All Mass Murderers are Terrorists
When Stephen Paddock indiscriminately rained bullets down on a crowd of concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the evening of […] More
International Law
Should a Tech Giant Sit on the UN Security Council?
The technology sector continues to disrupt and remake scores of industries, from brick and mortar retail, to medicine, transportation, operations management, and financial services. Government […] More
Tallinn Manual 2.0: Stepping Out of the Fog in Cyberspace
Cyberspace is often portrayed as a new domain of international relations – a Wild West where there are no rules or guiding principles to govern […] More
A Reference for Cyber Operations
NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence last month published the Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, a follow-on project […] More
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Existing International Law Applies Online and Offline
A group of international law experts met in Tallinn, Estonia, after the 2007 onslaught of cyber attacks against sites in the country, to create the […] More
Banning Killer Robots in 2017
Imagine a weapon that strikes on its own, without the slightest hint of human judgment or compassion. It’s a chilling prospect, and not so far […] More
Mass Withdrawals from the ICC Unlikely
A number of countries are pushing back against the International Criminal Court (ICC). South Africa notified the UN-Secretary General in October that it is withdrawing […] More
The ICC Lacks Legitimacy
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has, in many ways, had a strong year. Two new preliminary investigations have been opened, in Burundi and the Gabonese […] More
The International Criminal Court, Under Pressure, Turns Eyes on U.S.
The United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Yet Americans could still be indicted by the Court for alleged crimes […] More