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The Folly of Sanitized Cyber War
The debate over the applicability or non-applicability of international law to cyber war and the need for a cyber-specific international treaty might be irrelevant. Both camps, pro and con, argue about the need for cyber war to have the Law of Armed Conflict or some new international legal project properly cover the cyber domain. Both camps, however, misread how the structure of the cyber domain precludes strategically ‘piggy-backing’ on conventional norms of war. International...
Persian Gulf Confidential
Late at night on April 17 the Arab media outlets reported that a mysterious meeting of foreign ministers of the Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf had succeeded. The outlets stated that the parties involved "...
Southeast Asia's Illegal Timber Market
The worldwide trade in illegal timber and related wood products affects the majority of countries which boast large wooded areas, and brings its merchants over eleven billion dollars in yearly...