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Jessica Malekos Smith serves as a Research Fellow (Cyber Scholar) at Duke University School of Law, leveraging her military legal background and academic training in war studies to advance cybersecurity research. She is an alumna of King's College London's Department of War Studies, where she earned an MA in International Relations and Contemporary War through the War Studies Online program, and previously served as a Captain in the US Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps.
Her educational background includes:
- MA in International Relations and Contemporary War, King's College London
Ms. Malekos Smith's research centers on the critical intersection of international legal frameworks and cyber operations, with emphasis on:
- International Law
- Cybersecurity
- International Relations
- Law of Armed Conflict
- Cyber Law
- Use of Force
Her work investigates how traditional doctrines of armed conflict apply to state-sponsored cyber activities, drawing directly from her military legal experience to address regulatory gaps in cyberspace governance.
