<span class="vcard">Michael Schmitt</span>

Michael Schmitt

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Michael Schmitt (@Schmitt_ILaw) is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom; G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Texas; professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College; and Director of Legal Affairs for Cyber Law International. He serves on the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is General Editor of The Lieber Studies (OUP). He is also on LinkedIn.

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is prepared for training mission.
Cubans are seen outside Havana's Capitol during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, on July 11, 2021.
Biden and Putin sit in chairs in front of the American and Russian flags in a library. June 16, 2021
A 3D hologram of the globe with circles and grids laid over to indicate communications and technology.
A graphic illustration of Germany with a triangular grid pattern symbolizing virtual connections.
A phone show the Garmin Connect software with an error message that reads, “Server Maintenance: Sorry, we are down for maintenance. Check back shortly.” and “We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect. This outage also affects our call centers, and we are currently unable to receive any calls, emails, or online chats. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and apologize for this inconvenience.” A watch that is clearly not working and has a dark screen is shown next to the phone with these messages.
: An F-16CJ from the 78th Fighter Squadron, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flies over the Eglin Land Range as the pilot releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during a test mission February 25, 2003.
A SolarWinds sign and logo sits on top of the SolarWinds office building in Brno in the Czech Republic.
The New Zealand flag on a computer screen with numbers running up and down over the flag.
Map of Finland with an abstract pattern representing networks.
A spaceship in space.
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