Christopher J. Finlay, Durham University In conventional warfare, it’s accepted that if a state finds itself under attack, it’s entitled to respond – either with defensive force, or with a counterattack. But it’s less clear how countries should respond to…
Anduril Julia Scott-Stevenson, University of Technology Sydney Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be…
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks through a hall in the building housing Russia’s GRU military intelligence service. Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP Maggie Smith, United States Military Academy West Point The build up of Russian forces along…
There is little evidence that Russia has coordinated cyber operations with conventional military operations in Ukraine. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Nadiya Kostyuk, Georgia Institute of Technology and Erik Gartzke, University of California San Diego Throughout the latter…
Ahmed Ibrahim, Edith Cowan University and Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University Over the past few years, tensions have been rising between Russia and the United States — not in conventional military terms, but in cyberspace. The issue came to a…
In the wake of U.S. killings, Iran’s supreme leader vowed ‘harsh revenge’ – which could come in the form of cyber attacks. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP Bryan Cunningham, University of California, Irvine Iran and other nations…
The U.S. military is shifting the focus of its cyberwarfare forces. U.S. Air Force Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service and Brandon Valeriano, Marine Corps University The U.S. military has the capability, the willingness and, perhaps for the…
Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Bournemouth University and Anthony Paphiti, Bournemouth University Huawei’s role in building new 5G networks has become one of the most controversial topics in current international relations. The US is exercising direct diplomatic pressure to stop states from…
Russian forces have the capability to jam signals from satellites, affecting communications and navigation. Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA Justin Pelletier, Rochester Institute of Technology Russia has one of the most capable and technological militaries on the planet. They have…
Akshat Rathi, The Conversation Of the many tricks used by the world’s greatest military strategists, one usually works well – taking the enemy by surprise. It is an approach that goes back to the horse that brought down Troy. But…
Helge Janicke, De Montfort University Cyber warfare is upon us, from interference in elections to a leak of cyber weapons from a national stockpile. And, as with most evolutions in warfare, the world is largely unprepared. Cyber peacekeeping presents significant…
Toby Walsh, UNSW Last year, according to a United Nations report published in March, Libyan government forces hunted down rebel forces using “lethal autonomous weapons systems” that were “programmed to attack targets without requiring data connectivity between the operator and…