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04 Mar Yet Another Defense Attorney Attacked by the Bush Administration
...potential for other countries to provide captured U.S. military personnel with the same limited rights as the U.S. is proposing to use. “A principal concern as a member of the military is that I do not want my fellow service members placed in any jeopardy beyond the risk they already face,” he said. Mori told reporters he personally believes Hicks should be tried in an Australian court. Mori said he is not free to discuss the circumstances which led to Hicks’ battlefield capture, nor other specifics of Hicks’ case. However,...19 Sep Chess, Politics, and the Ground Zero Islamic Center Debacle
...saying. Via ChessVibes and OneFIDE, Ilyumzhinov is quoted at having said: “As President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and as a person who has always supported inter religious understanding, I propose the construction of an International Chess Center at the site in question. Chess is a unique and intellectual game, it came to the West from the East, unites every country, and it has affinities with every religion equally. My dream as President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is that chess becomes the only “battlefield” between East and...
05 Feb Neurotechnology and Cognitive Warfare
...campaigns fall under the broader concept of cognitive warfare. This is a relatively new designation for an age-old concept in war, namely that influencing perceptions and manipulating the flow of information can be just as important as winning on the battlefield. This form of ‘hybrid warfare’ leverages all technological means available (including cyber, artificial intelligence, neuroscience and psychology, social media, and information technologies), to collect data on targets, analyze their weaknesses, and deliver tailored messages to maximally impact the targets’ beliefs and cognition. What is more, this form of ‘warfare’...
06 Jun Can War Crimes Trials in Ukraine Convince Russians to Stop Supporting the War?
...serve to rally public support in Russia for Putin’s ‘special military operation’. It could also embolden soldiers on the battlefield to commit atrocities with impunity. Putin’s 12 July 2021 article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” imagines Ukraine as an inferior vassal of Russia. Putin branded Ukraine’s leadership as ‘neo-Nazis and drug addicts’ responsible for perpetrating ‘genocide’ against Donbas ethnic Russians. Sustained Kremlin rhetoric against Ukraine long predates the 24 February invasion and it helps explain the serious discrepancy between public opinion inside and outside Russia. The Kremlin’s...24 Nov UN Proposes to Use Surveillance Drones in DR Congo-Rwanda Conflict
...previous plan to get drones into DR Congo was dropped because of the cost, But the price of the technology has come down with so many countries now using unmanned planes for battlefield reconnaissance and espionage. “The UN has approached a number of countries, including the United States and France, about providing drones which could clearly play a valuable role monitoring the frontier,” a UN diplomat said, on condition of anonymity.” Clearly there will be political considerations though,” the diplomat added. The UN plan is only to have surveillance drones,...
20 Jul Symposium on Cyber, International Law and Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict: Military AI and Common Article 1 – From Accountability to Governance
...occur. Rather, as already said, they are expected to take all reasonable measures to prevent foreseeable violations and minimise the risks associated with the military uses of AI. The question, therefore, is not only whether AI complies with IHL once it is employed on the battlefield, but also what measures States are expected to adopt throughout the lifecycle of AI systems to reduce the likelihood of violations. The obligation to ensure respect first applies to a State’s own organs and to those individuals whose conduct is otherwise attributable to it....03 May How Should the OBL Operation be Characterized?
...and Kooijmans recognized that in a post-9/11 world containing failed states, state practice strongly supports the view that an expansive reading of Article 51 to include non-state actors is appropriate. Sunday’s operation was another example of state practice undertaken with the belief that the boundaries of the battlefield are not determined by geopolitical lines but rather by the location of participants in an armed conflict, whether the participants are states or non-state actors. This continues to be the standard for determining where the law of armed conflict is properly applied....