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==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).  [http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/jilp/issues/34/pdf/34_1_b.pdf ''Web''] [http://activeresponse.org/files/34_1_b.pdf ''Alt Web'']

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==Categorization==
* Threats and Actors: [[States]]
* Issues: [[Cyberwar]]
* Approaches: [[Government Organizations]]; [[International Cooperation]]; [[International Law (including Laws of War)]]

==Key Words==


[[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#Lawfare | Lawfare]],
[[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_Warfare | Virtual Warfare]],
[[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Combatant_Status | Combatant Status]],
[[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#National_Security | 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