Articles of War
LAWS Debate at the United Nations: Moving Beyond Deadlock
The United Nations is once again hosting a Group of Governmental Experts tasked to report on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Further debate on this subject at the conceptual level, such as its definition, accountability,...
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Announcement: Hitoshi Nasu Joins West Point and the Lieber Institute
The West Point Department of Law and the Lieber Institute are pleased to announce that Dr. Hitoshi Nasu has joined us as a Professor of Law. Professor Nasu brings a wealth of expertise in the field of public international law, with many years of research and teaching...
Announcement: Hitoshi Nasu Joins West Point and the Lieber Institute
The West Point Department of Law and the Lieber Institute are pleased to announce that Dr. Hitoshi Nasu has joined us as a Professor of Law....
The Rhetoric of Retaliation
The language we use to justify and describe legal constraints on personal conduct or grants of legal authority to our government is never totally...
Farewell to Dr. Sasha Radin
Unfortunately for Articles of War and the Lieber Institute at West Point, this week we bid a fond farewell to Dr. Sasha Radin, who served as...
Holding Autonomy to Account: Legal Standards for Autonomous Weapon Systems
The March 21 UN Panel of Experts on Libya report, citing the use of an autonomous armed drone by Turkish-backed Government of National Accord...
“Over-the-Horizon Operations” in Afghanistan
The United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan has rightly dominated the world’s attention. The suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International...
Counterterrorism, Investigative Detention, and the New Global Security Environment
The images of Afghan civilians clinging to crowded military planes departing Afghanistan as the Taliban reclaimed Kabul are the iconic indicia of a...
Terrain Denial Fires on the Modern Battlefield
Stability and counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have provided the primary source of operational experience for currently...
The Security Council Veto in Syria: Imagining a Way Out of Deadlock
Editor’s note: This post concludes the Articles of War Symposium on Beth Van Schaack’s book, Imagining Justice for Syria. The symposium offers a...
Afghanistan and Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
Last month, President Biden announced the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan would officially conclude by August 31, 2021. Since the...
Terminological Precision and International Cyber Law
The recent spate of hostile cyber operations by States, non-State groups affiliated with States, and non-State groups operating on their own has...
“Water finds its way”? Universal Jurisdiction as an Avenue for Justice in Syria
Editor’s note: Germany’s recent charges against a Syrian doctor, Alaa M., bring renewed attention to universal jurisdiction cases around the Syrian...
When Corporations Take Offensive Measures Against States
Cyberattacks are increasingly inundating the private sector, and most States are unable or unwilling to provide adequate protection against these...