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Jennifer Maddocks,
Douglas Guilfoyle
| Jul 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Lieber Studies Armed Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region Volume
Lieber Studies Armed Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region Volume Series – Introduction In recent years, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as a principal arena of strategic competition. The region has witnessed intensified military modernization and rivalry among major...
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Ronald Alcala,
Hitoshi Nasu
| Jul 13, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Dual-Purpose Objects Editors’ note: This post is based on the authors’ recently published article “On the Purpose Limb of the Military Objective Test under the Law of Targeting” published in volume 64 of Military Law and Law of War Review. The concept of dual-use...
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Eric Jensen
| Jul 10, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Cyber Operations – Part II: Jus in Bello Part I of this two-post series analyzed how the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Climate Change advisory opinion might reshape State obligations in peacetime and the period...
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Robert Kolb
| Jul 8, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
War Booty in the Modern Law of Armed Conflict There is an often unnoticed lexical (and, by extension, substantive) controversy over the survival of war booty under the modern law of armed conflict. Most authors concede that this long-standing institution of the law of...
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William Casey Biggerstaff
| Jul 7, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, featured post, Law of Armed Conflict
Ukraine’s Attacks on Oil Infrastructure and the “War-Sustaining” Debate On 16 June, Ukraine launched a drone strike on Russia’s Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery, an oil processing facility that sources a third of the fuel supply for the Russian capital and its surrounding...
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Eric Jensen
| Jul 6, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Cyber Operations – Part I: General International Law Considerations In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its much-anticipated Climate Change advisory opinion. The opinion is worth reviewing...