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. Brian Christian’s The Alignment Problem warns that the development of ML presents significant ethical and legal challenges, which may include some troubling implications for the use of #LAWS. Benjamin Zeskind reviews the book. lieber.westpoint.edu/brian-christia…

Armed conflicts are frequently characterized by State support to #nonStateactors. Michael Schmitt & Alex Hernandez provide a normative framework for analyzing one State’s support to non-state actors engaged in hostile activities directed at another. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-stat…

In Part II of their series focusing on State support to #nonstateactors, Michael Schmitt & Alex Hernandez outline the responses available to victim States & address the question when State support to a non-State actor triggers an IAC between the 2 States. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-stat…

Following the #Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport on May 4, Israel vowed to retaliate not only against the Houthis but also #Iran. Nicholas Tsagourias examines whether Israel may respond to the attacks by using force in #selfdefence against Iran. lieber.westpoint.edu/can-israel-tar…

European states are discussing the possibility of sending military forces to Ukraine. If coalition forces send a naval presence to the Sea of Azov at least two intertwined legal issues will emerge, argues Martin Fink lieber.westpoint.edu/carving-up-ukr…

Reports have emerged concerning an alleged practice by some #IDF ground units labeled the “Mosquito Protocol.” Michael Schmitt and Alex Hernandez examine in their post “active” #humanshielding from the perspective of #LOAC and international criminal law. lieber.westpoint.edu/active-human-s…

Efforts to prosecute #Rwanda or its leadership for #aggression in the #DRC encounter significant jurisdictional and political barriers. Winona Xu argues that Africa’s regional system seems to be the most viable judicial path for #accountability. lieber.westpoint.edu/prosecuting-rw…

Robert Kolb examines the extent to which international humanitarian law treaties, as a specific branch of international law, depart from the general rules of the VCLT. lieber.westpoint.edu/international-…

On the facts available at this point, the attack on the MV #Conscience on the High Seas near Malta was unlawful if based on a #blockade enforcement justification, argues Rob McLaughlin, as he assesses the incident from the perspective of blockade law. lieber.westpoint.edu/attack-mv-cons…

If you want to understand what’s missing in #cyberspace when it comes to #accountability, look up, argues Samuel White. The Outer Space Treaty offers a compelling alternative to the current accountability vacuum in cyberspace. lieber.westpoint.edu/time-treat-hac…

April 30, 2025, marked 50 years since the fall of South #Vietnam & the complete withdrawal of U.S. Forces from #Saigon. R. Scott Adams analyzes the evacuation and resettlement operation. lieber.westpoint.edu/50-years-lesso…

After denouncing the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2024, #Lithuania announced its decision to withdraw from the #OttawaConvention on May 8, 2025. Justinas Žilinskas explains the reasoning behind the denunciation. lieber.westpoint.edu/leaving-ottawa…

As contemporary examples from #Ukraine illustrate, close-quarter combat will continue to shape the present and, most likely, the future of #armedconflict. Nikoloz Mosidze explores how #IHL governs hand-to-hand combat. lieber.westpoint.edu/hand-to-hand-c…

Russia has fielded a new weapon in its conflict with #Ukraine that was captured on the battlefield. Although generally considered lawful, the employment of captured enemy weapons is subject to certain requirements under LOAC, explains Ronald Alcala. lieber.westpoint.edu/captured-enemy…

Recently captured Chinese #POWs have rejected the possibility of being a part of a UA-RUS exchange but expressed the desire to be released directly to #China. Anna Lyfar analyzes the legal implications of involving 3rd States in negotiating POWs’ release. lieber.westpoint.edu/release-chines…

Captured in 2024, Oscar Jenkins was charged with acting as a mercenary by the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic. Samuel White & Giacomo Biggio analyze who the detaining power is, whether Jenkins was a mercenary & whether his trial was legitimate. lieber.westpoint.edu/russias-trial-…

Michael Schmitt and Alex Hernandez survey the law governing an occupying power’s seizure of private property and explore the transfer of an occupying power’s nationals into the territory it occupies. lieber.westpoint.edu/seizure-privat…

Next gen #autonomous aircrafts, such as Fury or Roadrunner, raise concerns about levels of human involvement. Davit Khachatryan examines #legalreview mechanisms for #AI-driven platforms & addresses the unresolved challenge of meaningful human control. lieber.westpoint.edu/diverging-stan…

What does the requirement of “imperative #militarynecessity” to justify property destruction under Article 23(g) of the Hague Regulations of 1907 entail? Jeffrey Lovitky asks whether it imposes a more stringent threshold than ordinary military necessity. lieber.westpoint.edu/article-23g-im…

A #sociotechnicalsystems approach has been applied to the use of #AI in various settings, but can be especially valuable in the #military context, argues Mitt Regan. lieber.westpoint.edu/military-ai-so…