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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Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The IDF, Hamas, and the Duty to Warn
On October 22, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a joint statement “reiterat[ing]...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Battlefield: Transnational Criminal Law, Hamas, and Seeking Justice – Part I
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series illustrating the “transnational legal order” that must be used to counter Hamas outside the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – White Phosphorus and International Law
Editor’s note: The authors’ original version of this post omitted citations to two sources, namely LTC Matthew J. Aiesi’s post on Lawfare dated...
Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making
In 1948, in a judgment commonly known as the Hostage case, a U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg acquitted Lothar Rendulic, commander of the German...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War
Hamas's horrendous October 7 attack on Israeli civilians and Israel's anticipated response pose a unique challenge to scholars and practitioners of...
Compensation for Bereaved Families During Armed Conflict
Compensation for death and injury of civilians during war has been practiced for hundreds if not thousands of years. Money, as a means to settle...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Inside IDF Targeting
Events in Israel and Gaza have again plunged the Middle East into armed conflict. As this post is being written, intense fighting is underway in...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Iran’s Responsibility for the Attack on Israel
One important question that arises from Hamas’s surprise offensive against Israel relates to Iran’s involvement in the attack. According to the Wall...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Facts Matter: Assessing the Al-Ahli Hospital Incident
In the evening hours of October 17, 2023, reports emerged of an explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The Gazan Ministry of...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Circle of Suffering and the Role of IHL
Great suffering is the cause and consequence of armed conflict. International humanitarian law (IHL) sets a minimum base line of humanity at times...
IHL and Information Operations during Armed Conflict
Material in this post also appeared on the International Committee of the Red Cross site Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog “In war, truth is the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Strategy and Self-Defence: Israel and its War with Iran
The October 7, 2023 assault by Hamas terrorists into Israel and their perpetration of horrific war crimes has prompted several political,...
