Jeffrey Thurnher

U.S. Army

United States

Office of the US Army Judge Advocate General

Office of the US Army Judge Advocate General

2200 Army Pentagon

Washington, DC 22204

United States

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'Out of the Loop': Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict

4 Harvard National Security Journal 231 (2013)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
Michael N. Schmitt, Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Lieber Institute, USMA at West Point and Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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autonomous, humanitarian law, law of armed conflict, weapon

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Examining Autonomous Weapon Systems from a Law of Armed Conflict Perspective

New Technologies and the Law Of Armed Conflict (Hitoshi Nasu & Robert McLaughlin eds.), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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autonomy, autonomous, weapon systems, robot, law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, artificial intelligence, drone

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Are We Reaching a Tipping Point? How Contemporary Challenges are Affecting the Military Necessity-Humanity Balance

Harvard Nat'l Security J. Features (June 24, 2013)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2015
Shane Reeves, Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
United States Military Academy, West Point and Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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military necessity, humanity, autonomous weapons, capture or kill, cyber war, modern warfare, international humanitarian law, law of armed conflict, law of war

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The Law that Applies to Autonomous Weapon Systems

17 ASIL INSIGHTS 4 (January 2013)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Jul 2013
Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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autonomous, autonomous weapon, law of armed conflict, war, international law, distinction, proportionality, precautions in attack

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No One at the Controls: Legal Implications of Fully Autonomous Targeting

67 Joint Force Q. 77 (October 2012)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Jul 2013
Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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autonomous, autonomous weapon, lethal autonomous robots, robots, law of armed conflict, war, proportionality, distinction, precautions in attack

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Drowning in Blackwater: How Weak Accountability Over Private Security Contractors Significantly Undermines Counterinsurgency Efforts

Army Lawyer 64 (July 2008)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Jul 2013
Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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Private Security Contractors, Blackwater, Accountability

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Legitimacy: The Lynchpin of Military Success in Complex Battlespaces

Forthcoming, Thomas Ayres and Jeffrey Thurnher, Legitimacy: The Linchpin of Military Success in Complex Battlespaces, in Complex Battlespaces: The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern Warfare (2018).
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jan 2018
Thomas Ayres, Jeffrey Thurnher and Jeffrey Thurnher
Government of the United States of America - Judge Advocate General's Corps and Office of the US Army Judge Advocate GeneralU.S. Army
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