Articles of War
When Red Lines Cross Blue Lines: Cyber Attacks on Poland’s Water Infrastructure – Part I
While the digital transformation of water treatment plants, distribution networks, and dams has created significant efficiencies, few civilian infrastructure systems link digital control so tightly to physical effects. In water systems, access to control interfaces...
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Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting
This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “Targeting Drug Lords: Challenges to IHL Between lege lata and lege ferenda” appearing in the International Review of the Red Cross. Criminal organisations have been a threat to State stability for decades....
Anti-Personnel Mines in a Post-Hostilities Environment: The Case of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Few contemporary conflicts have been as deeply saturated with landmines as the protracted confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Over three...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Conclusion
As this symposium draws to a close, one principle emerges as the unifying thread across the societies examined in Volume 4 of The Laws of...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – African Traditions and the Preservation of Humanity during Warfare
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published...
Pushing Boundaries: Domestic Courts and Legislatures as the New Laboratory for War Crimes Law
War crimes belong to the category of so-called “core” international crimes over which the International Criminal Court (ICC) wields jurisdiction....
Military Animals in Armed Conflict
For much of human history, armies have relied on military animals to prosecute wars. Horses have served as means of transportation and tactical...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Somali Traditions of Restraint
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published...
The Terminological Architecture of the Jus in Bello: Law, Language and Warfare
The lexicon governing the conduct of hostilities is not a static collection of synonyms but a dynamic field of ideological contestation. For...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Jewish Ethics of War in the Torah
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Hittite Laws of War
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published...
Biological Weapons: Why Strengthening the BWC Matters Now
Disease is a constant threat to humanity and in many instances, there is little that can be done to prevent its spread. As shown by the recent...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Introduction
The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars series began with what I assumed was an idle question, almost a thought experiment. While watching a dramatized Viking...
How Lessons Learned from the CCW Can Help Guide the Regulation of AWS
Autonomous weapon systems have become a familiar set piece in contemporary International Humanitarian Law (IHL) debates. The questions are by now...
