Marco Roscini, Professor of International Law, University of Westminster

Marco Roscini is Professor of International Law at the University of Westminster Law School. Prof. Roscini has a PhD from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and was previously a Research Fellow in International Law at the University of Verona School of Law. He lectured in international security law at University College London (UCL), King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, and the Ecole des Relations Internationales in Paris. He has published a monograph on nuclear-weapon-free zones and is the co-editor of Non-Proliferation Law as a Special Regime . Prof. Roscini is a member of the International Law Association (ILA)'s Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-proliferation and Contemporary International Law, of the Academic Network (AN) Programme on International Cyber Security, and of the EU Non-proliferation Consortium. In 2012, he was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for the academic year 2012-2013 to conduct his research on cyber operations.

"Mr. Roscini should be praised for writing a book that goes beyond existing analysis of the law of armed conflict applied to cyber. Earlier legal monographs on cyber warfare restated the principles of laws and attempted to awkwardly apply them to cyber, with varying degrees of success. Many lacked an understanding of the technical aspects of cyber. Mr. Roscini, on the other hand, has clearly spent time studying the legal but also the technical aspects of cyber. The result is a monograph that does not merely repeat legal principles in an abstract manner but rather presents the legal rules with a technical hindsight, highlighting their potential flaws and gaps in the cyber area" --Vincent Roobaert, NATO Legal Gazette

"[T]he sections of Roscini's book on the jus ad bellum cyber aspects are well-written, engaging, and thoroughly researched. They will also be accessible to non-lawyers, which makes this book particularly appealing. It is not easy to pick apart rules that were designed and adopted in a different era before the prospect of cyber attacks were even conceivable, and accurately apply them at a time before cyber uses of force have become a concrete reality, and overall Roscini has done a commendable job" --Christian Henderson, Questions of International Law

"Roscini's volume is EL a welcome addition to existing literature in the field. The way in which the author uses concrete cases of cyber operations as practical, real-world examples of the types of attacks which have taken place - and his subsequent legal assessment - make this volume a much valued navigation tool, useful to appraise the current state of legal development in the area. The detail and breadth of information found in all of the chapters is remarkable, and the book will quickly become a required reading for anyone who wishes to contribute in a qualified manner to the debate on cyber warfare." --Emanuele Sommario, Questions of International Law

"Cyber Operations provides an excellent overview of the international laws applicable to "cyber attacks" (a term of art) and will make its readers think twice about how they use cyber terminology. It is meticulously researched with a whopping 1,807 footnotes and cites leading authorities on the law of armed conflict, as well as on international law. In today's interconnected world, completely dependent on computers and the internet (where economic security is national security), it will stimulate both lawyers (military, government, private sector, etc.) and laypersons to think about how much more we should all be doing to protect our networks, data, intellectual property and critical infrastructure." - Christina Ayiotis, Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute, The Cybersecurity Canon

"[Cyber Operations and the Use of Force in International Law] offers a precise, detailed and up-to-date analysis of cyber operations and the use of force in international law... [Roscini's] book is an extremely valuable and recommended tool in the quest of understanding the current legal regulation of cyberspace and cyberwarfare." - Karine Bannelier-Christakis, Journal of Conflict & Security Law