Faculty Publications

The U.S.–North Korea High Level Meeting scheduled for November 8, 2018 was suddenly postponed. Although the reason for the suspension was unclear, reportedly, North Korea has not been willing to cooperate with the American expectations. While once there was a friendly mood after the historic summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, on June 12, 2018, concrete achievements are yet to be observed.

The theft of intellectual property and classified data within the cyber domain poses a threat to the global economy and national security. In this paper, we discuss the concept of digital offensive countermeasures that the United States can use to defend its sensitive data and intellectual property, even after stolen data leaves U.S. Government networks.

International humanitarian law (IHL) imposes a complex array of laws regarding the use of markings, signals, symbols and other indicators. Protections related to indicators are also directly implicated in the laws of perfidy and ruses. Although these laws are generally well accepted in principle, practitioners struggle to apply these rules in the newer, manmade domain of cyberspace.

This article considers the development and efficacy of maritime confidence-building measures (cbms) to ensure safe and secure navigation in the region, and to reduce tension and prevent conflict. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (losc) and the 1972 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (colreg) are multilateral agreements that set forth legally binding obligations of all states.

North Korea successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on 24 August 2016, according to the Republic of Korea military. 38 North—the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute, which is devoted to analysis of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—reports that North Korea’s SLBM program could achieve an initial operational capability as early as the second half of 2018.

In January of 1945, U.S. Army Private Edward D. Slovik, hands bound and affixed to a wooden post, in a snow-filled courtyard in the French countryside, was executed by a twelve-man firing squad for crimes committed against the United States during World War II.

Cyber-Terrorism: Finding a Common Starting Point Attacks on computer systems for both criminal and political purposes are on the rise in both the United States and around the world. Foreign terrorist organizations are also developing information technology skills to advance their goals.