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Germany’s Positions on International Law in Cyberspace Part II
Germany issues major statement on use of force and International Humanitarian Law in cyberspace, analyzed here by leading expert Professor Michael Schmitt.

Germany’s Positions on International Law in Cyberspace Part I
Germany issues major statement on cyberspace and international law, analyzed here by leading expert Professor Michael Schmitt.

Taking Gender Into Account to Better Confront New Security Threats
The US needs to move to the next stage in the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and rethink security policy to be more inclusive and equitable.

China’s Military Tech Ambitions – What’s the U.S.- EU Gameplan?
The US and EU have taken divergent approaches to Chinese tech advances - including military and dual-use tech. To maintain their alliance, they must synchronize their approach.…

Protecting the Information Space in Times of Armed Conflict
What, if any, limits exist concerning digital information operations in armed conflict? Does the humanitarian legal framework adequately capture the protection needs that arise…

Telegram: A Growing Social Media Refuge, for Good and Ill
It is used in some quarters as a tool of constructive political resistance, and in others abused to spread disinformation and illicit content.

KBR v. SFO: the United Kingdom’s Microsoft Ireland?
U.K. law enforcement agencies lack power to compel foreign companies to hand over overseas data. What does the decision mean for data sharing?

The Latest North Korea Cyber Indictment Should Serve as a Model
Last week, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first major cyber-related indictment. An investigation long in the works, the indictment charges…

A Key Step in Preventing a Future SolarWinds
Federal action is needed to establish a cloud security certification that can applies across the ecosystem of information and communications technology.

SolarWinds as a Constitutive Moment: A New Agenda for the International Law of Intelligence
The SolarWinds hack could trigger fundamental changes in legal thought and state practice. Asaf Lubin sets out what that agenda can and should look like.

Top Expert Backgrounder: Russia’s SolarWinds Operation and International Law
A legal analysis of whether the SolarWinds cyber hack violated international law, and the U.S. government's response options.

“Strategic Silence” and State-Sponsored Hacking: The US Gov’t and SolarWinds
The absence to date of executive branch attribution and condemnation of the SolarWinds intrusions may be strategic silence—a tactic employed in the immediate aftermath of past…