Articles of War
Year in Review – 2025
2025 has been a year of persistent conflicts, evolving law of armed conflict (LOAC) questions, and contrasting views. At Articles of War, we strived to provide a platform for nuanced legal analysis and timely discussion in 200 posts, exploring how law restrains war in...
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Ukraine Symposium – Targeting Leadership
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently spoke at length in Time magazine about assassination attempts against him. He indicated that Russian...
Ukraine Symposium – Russian Crimes Against Children
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, there has been evidence that indicates Russian political and...
Ukraine Symposium – Data-Rich Battlefields and the Future LOAC
Alongside the physical conflict in Ukraine, the parties are waging a ruthless data war. Russia continues to deploy its formidable "information war...
Ukraine Symposium – Deception and the Law of Armed Conflict
As Ukraine continues to defend against Russian invasion, its armed forces are increasingly turning to deception operations to minimize their...
“The Eye in Space”: ICEYE’s SAR Satellites and the Law of War
Private companies play a significant role in shaping and sustaining the military’s warfighting capabilities. The space industry is no exception and...
Talking About “War Crimes”
In May 2022, just a few months after Russia began its war on Ukraine, Ukrainian civilian prosecutors secured convictions against three captured...
Ukraine Symposium – Photos of the Dead
As the death toll in the war between Russia and Ukraine climbs, the issue of how to properly treat the remains of dead soldiers has become a...
Assuming Risk – Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have promising potential to bring faster, more accurate analysis to enable holistic...
An Improved Approach to Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response: The Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP)
The imperative to mitigate civilian harm during armed conflict is rooted in important humanitarian, moral, and legal bases. It is also...
Ukraine Symposium – Protected Zones in International Humanitarian Law
Ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are placing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which lies in Russian-occupied territory, at great...
Ukraine Symposium – The Escalating Military Use of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
In early March, I argued on these pages that Russian forces’ reported attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant likely violated the Additional...
Urban Siege Warfare: A Workshop Report
[Editor's note: The views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the ICRC, PILAC, or other participants.]...
