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==Categorization== | ==Categorization== | ||
* Threats and Actors: [[States]] | * Threats and Actors: [[States]] | ||
* Issues: [[Cyberwar]] | * Issues: [[Cyberwar]] | ||
*Approaches: [[ | * Approaches: [[Government Organizations]]; [[International Cooperation]]; [[International Law (including Laws of War)]] | ||
==Key Words== | ==Key Words== | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Intelligence_Infrastructure.2FInformation_Infrastructure | Intelligence | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Intelligence_Infrastructure.2FInformation_Infrastructure | Intelligence/Information Infrastructures]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#International_Humanitarian_Law | International Humanitarian Law]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#International_Humanitarian_Law | International Humanitarian Law]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Lawfare | Lawfare]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Lawfare | Lawfare]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Laws_of_War | Laws of War]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Laws_of_War | Laws of War]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Virtual_Military_Technologies | Virtual Military Technologies]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Virtual_Military_Technologies | Virtual Military Technologies]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Virtual_Warfare | Virtual Warfare]] | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Virtual_Warfare | Virtual Warfare]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Combatant_Status | Combatant Status]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Combatant_Status | Combatant Status]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Civilian_Participation | | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Civilian_Participation | Civilian Participation]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Hacker | Hacker]], | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Hacker | Hacker]], | ||
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#National_Security | National Security]] | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#National_Security | National Security]] | ||
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
This paper will examine how Information Warfare works, | This paper will examine how Information Warfare (IW) works, | ||
problems it may create for international law on the use of | problems it may create for international law on the use of | ||
force, and some of the difficulties involved in possible solutions. | force, and some of the difficulties involved in possible solutions. | ||
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==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ||
Expertise Required: Law - Moderate | |||
Latest revision as of 13:35, 11 August 2010
Full Title of Reference
Information Warfare and International Law on the Use of Force
Full Citation
Jason Barkham, Information Warfare and International Law on the Use of Force, 34 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 57 (2001). Web Alt Web
Categorization
- Threats and Actors: States
- Issues: Cyberwar
- Approaches: Government Organizations; International Cooperation; International Law (including Laws of War)
Key Words
Intelligence/Information Infrastructures, International Humanitarian Law, Lawfare, Laws of War, Virtual Military Technologies, Virtual Warfare, Combatant Status, Civilian Participation, Hacker, National Security
Synopsis
This paper will examine how Information Warfare (IW) works, problems it may create for international law on the use of force, and some of the difficulties involved in possible solutions. Part II will discuss the definition of IW and the various tools that are likely to be used in IW, and will look at some applications of IW. Part III will review the key elements of international law on the use of force. Part IV will examine the effects of IW on traditional use of force analysis and analyze some of the problems that IW will create for the distinction between force and coercion. Part V will discuss the alternative of setting up a treaty regime to regulate IW and will look at some of the obstacles that such a treaty would have to overcome. Part VI will offer some conclusions.
- Terminology:
The term “Information Warfare” has been used to describe the current Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), where the ability to acquire and transmit information quickly is transforming warfare tactics by creating perfect information for commanders, providing them with complete and accurate information instantaneously available across the theater of war. The goal of the information RMA is to produce “information dominance,” whereby one country’s forces would be able to see the three-dimensional battlespace so much more accurately than its enemies that it would be able to take decisive action while the enemy is still evaluating the situation during the “decision cycle.”10 These capabilities would fundamentally change combat. Although information always has been essential in combat, the increasing reliance on transmitted digital information would give the side with the ability to deny the other access to information a major advantage in the encounter.
Additional Notes and Highlights
Expertise Required: Law - Moderate