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Asaf Lubin

@asaflubin.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Indiana University. Faculty Affiliations: BKC Harvard, ISP Yale, & HUJI Cyber Law. Writes and Teaches about International Law 🇺🇳, National Security 🪖, Cybersecurity 👾, Law and Tech 🤖, Espionage & Intelligence🕵️‍♂️, Torts 🏛️. 🏳️‍🌈

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/08/2026
Too often, ransomware attacks are treated as discrete incidents rather than campaigns that cause cumulative harm, making them unrecognizable as international law violations, write @asaflubin.bsky.social (Asaf Lubin) and O.Y. www.justsecurity.org/146358/aggre...
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The Accumulation of Events Doctrine in Contemporary Challenges
International law must adapt to AI-enabled ransomware threats to ensure accountability for the cumulative injury inflicted by their campaigns.
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New work from ISP Fellow @asaflubin.bsky.social! Read “Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law’s Temporal Logic,” forthcoming in The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law and Artificial Intelligence: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law's Temporal Logic
The rule of law has a tempo. It unfolds in time, organizes through time, and relies on time as a condition of its own functioning. Legality is sustained through
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Come work with me! We’re hiring in law and technology, cybersecurity law, AI law, IP law, national security law, and international law, as well as other areas!
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Academics are supposed to pretend not to care about these things, which is how you know we care about them very much. Very honored that Lawrence Solum featured “Out of Time” on the Legal Theory Blog with the much-coveted “Highly Recommended!” designation. legaltheoryblog.com/2026/07/22/l...
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Lubin on Artificial Intelligence & International Law’s Temporal Logic
Asaf Lubin (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) has posted Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law’s Temporal Logic (The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law a…
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New book chapter: "Out of Time: Artificial Intelligence, Self-Help, and International Law's Temporal Logic" forthcoming in The Cambridge Handbook of Public Law and Artificial Intelligence (Gregory, Williams, & Zerilli eds., 2027). Accesible on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Quoted in this IndyStar piece this morning on Indiana’s decision to phase out its “Find a Person” transparency tool, and on the difficult balance between preserving a publicly accessible government and addressing legitimate state cybersecurity concerns. www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
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Indiana quietly scraps transparency tool, cites cybersecurity concerns
It has been available since at least March 2018, according to the Internet Archive, but appeared to go offline at some point July 8.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In one of my final acts as Chair of the "Internet and Computer Law" section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), I initiated a successful name change for the Section which from now will be known as the section on "Law and Technology." www.aals.org/sections/lis...
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Section on Law & Technology | Association of American Law Schools
Date Chartered: 5/31/1985 Purpose The purpose of this Section is to promote scholarship, programming, and other activities among members on the study of law and technology, broadly defined. Section me...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Two incredible days at @harvard.edu law school and @yaleisp.bsky.social talking about the international law of intelligence!
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A long-overdue moment 🌐 With tenure secured, it feels like the right time to finally have a personal website www.asaflubin.com — a streamlined, carefully curated, and beautifully designed home for all my scholarship.
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Asaf Lubin
Associate Professor of Law
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It’s offprints day for “Data Injustice in Global Justice” (@ucdavislaw.bsky.social review) The article analyzes the rapid move by int’l courts & orgs to datify global justice & humanitarian response, & the significant risks this shift entails. Link: www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Thanks @ssrn.bsky.social for highlighting João Marinotti and my forthcoming paper in the @michiganstateu.bsky.social law review where we discuss how private law principles might be revived to impose meaningful constraints on tech companies’ growing pseudo-sovereign authorities.
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Read the latest from Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social and Prof. @joaomarinotti.bsky.social...
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This article warns that #BigTech’s power has grown beyond regulation into a threat to the #ruleoflaw, as companies leverage legal protections like the #FirstAmendment & § 230 to avoid oversight. Read: spkl.io/63322AkbJ8 Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AkbJ1 @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
All aboard the Palsgraf express… it’s proximate cause day in my torts class so naturally I’m dressed as a train conductor ready to guide my students through the wonderful Cardozo Andrew’s maze that is the highlight of every 1L year.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
DeeksFest 2025 was one of those rare moments in academic life when you pause, blink twice, and wonder how on earth you get to call this work. Spoiler the video includes many laughs, insights, and me accusing Ashley of being a mage and putting up a slide of her in a Harry Potter sorting hat.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I had a great time chatting with @ssrn.bsky.social about my scholarship for their “Meet the Author” series. I feel honored having my work spotlighted alongside such a distinguished body of academics.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🎙️ New podcast recording following my @lawfaremedia.org piece with Deborah Housen-Couriel, discussing wartime digital rights protection in the wake of the Ukraine and Netherlands v. Russia decision. The piece is accessible here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/digi...
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Digital Rights in Armed Conflict and the Ukraine v. Russia Decision
A watershed decision from the European Court of Human Rights reaffirms privacy rights in war, limiting data collection by militaries in the age of digital conflict.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Last month the @echr.coe.int issued a landmark judgment in Ukraine & the Netherlands v. Russia. It charted new ground on applying international human rights law during armed conflict & occupation—amid systematic and widespread violations of IHRL and IHL.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This Fall, I’ll be teaching Torts with a casebook I wrote: Torts: Cases, Problems, and Policy Choices. It’s free. It’s online. And it’s built with one goal in mind: student accessibility. Check it out on @harvardlil.bsky.social's OpenCasebook.org platform: opencasebook.org/casebooks/15...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New short piece cross-posted on both Opinio Juris and on the ICoCA’s official blog “Private Security Conversations”. Discussing the rising use of emerging tech by private security companies & its implications for int’l regulation. opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/s... blog.icoca.ch/did-ai-break...
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Forthcoming work from Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social highlighted by SSRN:
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I am once again chairing the Scholarship Award Committee of the International Law and Technology Interest Group at @asilorg.bsky.social. Please consider submitting your or your students' scholarship. For more information on how to submit see here: www.asil.org/sites/defaul...
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Prof. @asaflubin.bsky.social's conversation with Maj. Emily Bobenrieth at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School is now available to listen to. Lubin covers more than a decade of research into the law and ethics that govern espionage. www.dvidshub.net/audio/86337/...
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NSL Unscripted | Episode 23 – The International Law of Intelligence with Professor Asaf Lubin
In this episode, MAJ Emily Bobenrieth, Associate Professor in the National Security Law Department, talks with Professor Asaf Lubin, Associate Professor at Indianan University Maurer School of Law and...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New National Security Law (NSL) Unscripted podcast episode from the JAG School just dropped, where I talk with the incredible Emily Bobenrieth about my forthcoming book and the broader regulation of espionage in international law. Check it out here: d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/audio/2505/D...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I love the @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social community. So much of my professional success in the last five years is thanks to the trust and support I received here for pursuing my work.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Offprints days are the best days. Can’t believe I’m done with this behemoth of a project on spyware regulation. @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social @OhioStateLJ #SellingSurveillance
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Thanks @ssrn.bsky.social for highlighting my paper “Technology and the Law of Jus Ante Bellum” forthcoming with the @uchicagolaw.bsky.social Journal of International Law.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Spent the last 48-hrs with two of my absolute best academic friends, Russell Buchan and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social, chatting about my forthcoming book on the role of int’l law in the regulation of espionage. Saying I had fun would be the understatement of the century! @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
What an incredible line up of speakers and discussants for the coming workshop on private law and emerging tech!
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Check out ISP fellow @asaflubin.bsky.social's new article: Data Injustice in Global Justice papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Data Injustice in Global Justice
In May 2020, the United Nations Secretary-General unveiled a sweeping “Data Strategy for Action by Everyone, Everywhere,” seeking to unlock the UN’s “full data
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
🚨 New Paper Alert: "Data Injustice in Global Justice," forthcoming in issue 59(1) of the UC Davis Law Review. I co-authored the paper with Cherry Tang, my former Columbia Law student. The paper is accessible on @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“The precise scope and duration of the Defense Department order is not clear, as the line between offensive and defensive cyberoperations is often a blurry one.” Sounds like every single one of my cybersecurity law and intelligence law class sessions. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Great couple of days of conferencing in Amsterdam and then at @unileiden.bsky.social in Den Haag.. talking about tech companies’ liability under international criminal law, and new modes of regulation of industries of prediction. Both early works-in-progress.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Excited to officially join the @lawfare.bsky.social team as a Contributing Editor! The people on the masthead are some of the smartest & kindest working at the intersection of law, tech, & national & int'l security. It’s a real honor to be named alongside them. www.lawfaremedia.org/about/masthead
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The Hague Program on International Cyber Security @thehagueprogram.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Did you miss last week's seminar with @asaflubin.bsky.social? Catch up via our YouTube channel! -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkG1...
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The International Law of Intelligence: The World of Spycraft and the Law of Nations, with Asaf Lubin
YouTube video by The Hague Program on International Cyber Security
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Great story about the historical legacy and soaring heights of Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s (@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social) excellent cybersecurity, privacy, and tech law programming! news.iu.edu/live/news/43...
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Students in nation’s first cybersecurity law program provide legal advice on evolving tech
The Indiana University Maurer Law School was the first to teach a stand-alone cybersecurity course. Today, the program has expanded to offer degrees and c...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
My dear colleague Hannah Buxbaum's new edited book, "Extraterritoriality in Comparative Perspective" is out. It examines the normalization of extraterritoriality as a legal technique with an in-depth focus on fifteen different legal systems. Check it out. brill.com/edcollbook/t...
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Extraterritoriality in Comparative Perspective
"Extraterritoriality in Comparative Perspective" published on 20 Jan 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Join us for this conversation!
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The Hague Program on International Cyber Security @thehagueprogram.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We are excited to welcome @asaflubin.bsky.social at our February online seminar for a preview of his upcoming book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘺𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (August 2025)! Join us on Thu 20 February, 16:00 (CET): universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🚨New Paper Alert🚨 "Technology & the Law of Jus Ante Bellum" now on @ssrn.bsky.social & forthcoming with the Chicago Journal of International Law's 2025 symposium issue focusing on "Technological Innovation in Global Governance." You can access the article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Became an American today. 🇺🇸 Excited to roll up my sleeves and contribute to forming here a more perfect union.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Having an incredible time at the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School (Charlottesville, VA), discussing my forthcoming book "The International Law of Intelligence" with the National Security Law Unscripted Podcast & teaching military attorneys this afternoon on espionage regulation.
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Mariel Garcia-Montes @marielgm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today's read: @asaflubin.bsky.social, author of IMO the most nuanced and insightful take on WhatsApp's legal triumph over NSO Group. We need a multilateral international framework centered around procurement powers. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unpa... #malware #Pegasus #surveillance
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Unpacking WhatsApp’s Legal Triumph Over NSO Group
How precedent-setting is it?
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Well this is a first.. an @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social student just shared a drawing of how she imagined the events on my final torts exam hypo playing out in reality. Can you guess which legal issues were discussed in the exam based on this drawing? Great reminder that I need to finish grading!
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 07/01/2025
Even if we lose 🇺🇸 U.S. leadership in the fight for collective responses to #spyware regulation, the fight must go on, writes @asaflubin.bsky.social. In this context, initiatives like the 🇬🇧🇫🇷Pall Mall Process become "even more vital." www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unpa...
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Unpacking WhatsApp’s Legal Triumph Over NSO Group
How precedent-setting is it?
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My thoughts on the NSO Group decision and its impact on the spyware industry. TL;DR: the case highlights the limits of a litigation-first strategy. There's no real alternative to a comprehensive multilateral framework in the fight against abusive spyware. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unpa...
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Unpacking WhatsApp’s Legal Triumph Over NSO Group
How precedent-setting is it?
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Important space to follow, and a great thought leader leading it @briannarosen.bsky.social!
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The future is now.. and as always courts rush to embrace technology without any meaningful guardrails, outward facing public policy, or basic precautions.
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