Articles of War
Of Evolving Belligerent Occupation Law: Old “Hague” Occupation and New “Geneva” Occupation
For years, the legal status of so-called “functional occupation” was unclear in international humanitarian law (IHL) (see, e.g., this 2012 work by Zwanenburg, Bothe, and Sassòli). In 2024, however, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) adopted a new take on...
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Collateral Damage and Innocent Bystanders in War
This post is based on the author’s article in the Stanford Journal of International Law and is posted here with the permission of SJIL. It is...
Curing the COIN Hangover
As we are adapting to the new reality of preparing for large scale combat operations (LSCO) rather than just the next counter insurgency (COIN) or...
Not Dead but Sleeping: Toward a Broader Understanding of Ceasefires
The concept of a ceasefire as offering a temporary pause during armed conflict dates back at least one thousand years and has religious provenance –...
War, Law, and the Paths We Take
I first met Sufyan Abbas in Tikrit, Iraq in the spring of 2004, when I was a first-tour Captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps assigned to First...
Reducing the Human Cost of Large-Scale Military Operations
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard...
Putin Admits to Funding the Wagner Group: Implications for Russia’s State Responsibility
On June 27, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a remarkable announcement. After years of denying any links between the Wagner Group and the...
Ukraine Symposium – Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam: Disproportionate and Prohibited
Introduction On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was destroyed causing a major humanitarian and environmental disaster. This...
The Regulation of Crimes Against Water in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence
This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work, “The Regulation of Crimes Against Water in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of...
Was Russia at War with the Wagner Group?
Tension has long existed between Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, a private military company that has borne the brunt of the deadliest fighting in...
Sabotage in Law: Meaning and Misunderstandings
On May 3, 2023, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to “assassinate” President Vladimir Putin by launching two armed drones at the Kremlin in...
A New Silenus Box: The French Manual on the Law of Military Operations
French armed forces have participated in more than a hundred military operations since 1995. Enhanced operational activity notwithstanding, France...
U.S.-ICC Symposium – U.S. Cooperation with the ICC to Investigate and Prosecute Atrocities in Ukraine: Possibilities and Challenges
(Editor’s note: This article provides an overview of a joint symposium hosted by Just Security and Articles of War. The symposium addresses topics...
