Professor Louis René Beres considers Israeli actions in response to threats emanating from Syria, Lebanon, and Iran in the contexts of weapons transfers, missile attacks, and an increasingly volatile situation in Syria. Map courtesy of Google Maps.
On Wikipedia, Lawfare, Blogs, and Sources
Benjamin Wittes and Stephanie Leutert discuss the stifling effects of Wikipedia censorship on the national discussion of Lawfare. Photo courtesy of Reuters
Volume 3, Issue 1
Volume 3, Issue 1 of the Harvard National Security Journal is now available online. The articles will be available on Westlaw and HeinOnline shortly.
Untangling Attribution
David D. Clark and Susan Landau consider how cyberexploitations and cyberattacks might be traced by linking people to packets and conclude that such a linkage would be a mistake. They discuss how other technical contributions to cyber attribution can only be contemplated in the larger regulatory context of various legal jurisdictions.
Cybersecurity: Law, Privacy, and Warfare in a Digital World
A Harvard National Security Journal Symposium on March 4, 2011 (Live webcast)
Software: The Broken Door of Cyberspace Security
Harvard National Security Fellow Fred D. Taylor, Jr. suggests the government take a more active role in promoting quality software design and development.