Stefan Soesanto writes in with the following thoughts on my earlier post on Russia’s introduction of troops into Ukraine as an international law violation: Amidst the ongoing political crisis in the Ukraine, numerous Western leaders have accused Moscow of violating international law by deploying unmarked Russian military forces across the autonomous Republic of Crimea. [read post]

” in which Benjamin Wittes sat down with Susan Hennessey, who recently wrote an article about the NSA General Counsel appointment; Scott Anderson, Lawfare senior editor; and Rudy Mehrbani, a senior advisor at Democracy Fund Voice and a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the president installing loyalists in the civil service: Stefan Soesanto argued that Europe lacks a coherent strategy on cyber sanctions against hackers. [read post]

’s new “defend forward” cyber strategy, and Stefan Soesanto detailed the U.S. failure in drawing together an international coalition to combat alleged Chinese state-sponsored hackers. [read post]

Stefan Soesanto, a researcher who follows its activities, has perhaps expressed its amorphous nature best: a “hybrid construct that is neither civilian nor military, neither public nor private, neither local nor international, and neither lawful nor unlawful. [read post]