Shortbursts: Lawfare, Bombing Terrorist Revenue, Cyber, and more
“Shortbursts” is a new Lawfire feature you will see occasionally, and it aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items. As April has been such a busy month, I...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
Cyber-attack preparation – hot topic for everyone
The question is not whether more cyber attacks will occur, but how prepared we are to deal with them. The Incident Response Forum in Washington, DC. on April 4 focused on just that issue. ...
Why Striking Certain War-Sustaining Targets Can Save Lives
Over on the Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) online Forum I have a short post (“Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu”) in which I provide an opposing view to a YJIL...
Yes, the attack on Syria was justifiable, and international law will benefit from it
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin has declared the U.S.’s strike on a Syrian airbase in the aftermath of the chemical weapon attack on civilians a violation of international law. Some U.S. politicians and scholars seem...
Preparing for War in Space: A Tough Challenge for the Military
Shannon Vavra, a reporter with an intriguing new media outlet Axios, quotes me in her new story (“The U.S. Air Force is preparing to fight in space”) about what the Air Force terms as...
