Articles of War
Jamming Enemy Weapon Systems and the Law of Targeting
Throughout history, superior weaponry and tactics have always provided a decisive edge in warfare, driving continuous cycles of measures and countermeasures among adversaries. Today’s battlefields are no exception. In the Russo-Ukrainian war and the armed conflict...
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Ceasefires under Scrutiny – Reviewing Marika Sosnowski’s Redefining Ceasefires
I am grateful to Articles of War for the opportunity to provide some reflections on Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria (hereinafter Redefining Ceasefires), by Dr. Marika Sosnowski. This is an insightfully researched and well-written study...
Compliance by Design I: LOAC in U.S. Autonomous Combat Platforms
Editors’ note: This is the sixth post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and...
AI-on-AI Perfidy and the Law of Armed Conflict
Picture the following scenario: a forward-deployed artificial intelligence (AI) enabled surveillance platform detects a convoy moving along a...
Humanitarian Assistance in International Law and the Distinction Between Preventive Assistance and Emergency Relief in Armed Conflict
Editors’ note: This post highlights work from the author’s forthcoming book, Humanitarian Assistance in International Law, published with Oxford...
Prosecuting Wartime Sexual Torture: The Uneven Trajectory of International Jurisprudence
Sexual violence in armed conflict is rarely the product of a few undisciplined soldiers. In today’s major wars, it is frequently deployed as a...
AI, the Box, and the Black
It was my honour and privilege to be invited to attend, and participate in a panel at, the U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference, “Innovation to...
Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon
Recent commentaries have characterized evacuation orders in contemporary armed conflicts, including those of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in...
From Imagery to Targeting: Commercial Satellite Support in War
Commercial Earth Observation (EO) and geospatial intelligence firms now provide near-real-time imagery and analysis during active hostilities....
Legal Interoperability Lessons from the Red Sea
The landscape of 21st century warfare is rapidly changing. After 20 years of fighting terrorism by non-State actors, great power competition and...
The Sack of Cities: Laws of War and Evolving Attitudes in Historical Perspective
Throughout most of Western history, stretching back to the Homeric tradition of Troy, the right to sack a besieged city that refused to surrender...
Statehood in Conflict Classification: Revisiting Recognition in Contemporary IHL
After more than a decade since the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo and the independence and admission of South Sudan into the...
Dual-Use Objects and Dual-Purpose Attacks
Editors’ note: This post highlights work in the author’s recent chapter, “Objective and Subjective Tests for Determining Violations of the Law of...
Haiti’s Gang Violence and the Armed Conflict Threshold: An IHL Analysis
Haiti’s armed violence and humanitarian crisis remain acute. Armed gangs control significant territory, reportedly perpetrating killings, sexual...
