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Decerno Communico Exsequor
Information Warfare Operations in the Context of Global Networked Warfare
An outline for a treatise that attempts to explore the need for a new international strategic paradigm
Copyright © Dimitrios Delibasis-Albert W. Klein. All Rights Reserved.This work may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission Copyright © Dimitrios Delibasis-Albert W. Klein. All Rights Reserved.This work may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission

Copyright © Dimitrios Delibasis-Albert W. Klein. All Rights Reserved.
This work may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission

Copyright © Dimitrios Delibasis-Albert W. Klein. All Rights Reserved.
This work may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission










Part I:
The Many Faces of War













THE MANY FACES OF WAR

1. Preface
a) The Revolution of the World Wide Web
b) Information Warfare Operations: the shape of things to come
c) International Legal Norms and the Regulation of Armed Force

2. Information Warfare: as old as human history
a) Information Warfare in the Past
b) Modern Information Warfare Operations
c) The Future of Information Warfare

3. The Modern Information Warfare Battlefield
a) States and State-sponsored Agents
b) Non State-sponsored Agents
c) Offensive Information Warfare
d) Defensive Information Warfare

4. A War for the 21st Century
a) Warfare: an evolutionary perspective
b) 21st Century Terror: A Product of the Market State
c) The Nature of 21st Century Terrorism
d) The Next Evolutionary Step in Warfare


















Part II:
Information Warfare & the Law of International Security









1. Law Strategy & War: A Historical Perspective
a) Strategy and the International Constitutional Order
b) Princes and Princely States
c) Kingly States and Territorial States
d) State Nations and Nation States
e) The Emergence of the Market State

2. Peace & the International Constitutional Order
a) The Treaty of Augsburg
b) The Treaty of Westphalia
c) The Treaty of Utrecht
d) The Congress of Vienna
e) The Treaty of Versailles
f) The Peace of Paris

3. Information Warfare & State Responsibility
a) Cyberwarfare the Market State and the Need for Attribution
b) General Rules and Application
c) Countermeasures and Reparations
d) State Responsibility and Sovereignty

4. Threat or Use of Force and Self-Defense
a) International Custom and Interstate Force
b) The Prohibition of Interstate Force
c) The Concept of Self-Defense
d) The Concept of Armed Attack
e) The Requirements for Lawful Self-Defense
f) The Role of the UN Security Council
g) Means and Methods of Self-Defense
h) Anticipatory and Interceptive Self-Defense
i) Collective Self-Defense
j) The Reporting Requirement
k) Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations






















Part III:
Information Warfare Operations & the Jus in Bello














General Principles
Applicability
The Geographical Context
International Armed Conflicts
Non-International Armed Conflicts
Criminal Responsibility

Conduct of Hostilities
Participation
Members of the Armed Forces
Levee en Masse
Mercenaries
Civilians
Attacks Generally
Attacks against Persons
Attacks against Objects
Means and Methods of Warfare
Conduct of Attacks
Precautions
Perfidy, Espionage and Ruses
Blockades and Zones

Certain Persons, Objects & Activities
Medical and Religious Personnel
UN Personnel, Installations and Materiel
Detained Persons
Children
Journalists
Installations Containing Dangerous Forces
Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population
Cultural Property
The Environment
Diplomatic Archives and Communications
Collective Punishment
Humanitarian Assistance

Occupation
Protected Persons in Occupied Territory
Public Order and Safety
Security of the Occupying Power
Requisition of Property

Neutrality
Protection of Neutral Infrastructure
Global Networked Operations in Neutral Territory
Neutral Obligations
Response by Belligerents to Potential Violations
Actions of the UN Security Council















Part IV:
Possible Worlds















1. Additional Int'l Legal Norms Relating to Information Warfare Operations
a) The Law of Space
b) Oceans Law
c) Communication Law
d) The Law of International Agreements

2. The Need for a Jus Novum
a) The Weakness of the Current Regulatory Regime
b) Searching for Ways to Strengthen Interstate Co-operation
c) The Potential for an International Convention
d) Infinite Worlds Infinite Possibilities

3. Law, Strategy and War: a symbiotic relationship
a) The Domestic Arena
b) The International Arena
c) The Link with Sovereignty: the quest for legitimacy
d) The Link with Sovereignty: the quest for a strategy

4. Final Conclusion