International Law

This research examines an area that only within the last several years started receiving attention from civilian and military leaders-the legal details of information warfare (IW). The legal aspects concerning IW are only now starting to mature and will require refining as we encounter IW scenarios. As a result, I found this research effort a challenging and interesting endeavor as it expanded my knowledge and expertise in an area of interest to me personally and professionally. Although only touching on one aspect of a huge area of interest in today's military, my hope is this research will serve to encourage others to continue to analyze the nuances embedded in IW and come to find, as I did, that this is a complex, wide open area requiring much more thought and development.