by William H. Boothby, Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg | Aug 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Weapons Law
Is Nuclear Weapons Law Stopping the Nukes? Editors’ Note: This post draws upon the book, The Law on Nuclear Weapons: An International Commentary edited by the authors and published in 2025 by Edward Elgar. It is always difficult to know for sure why political leaders...
by Robert Kolb | Aug 13, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Indirect or Reverberating Excessive Collateral Damage in Modern IHL Article 51(5)(b), of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 codifies the rule or principle of proportionality in offensive or defensive attacks in the following terms, Among...
by Aurel Sari | Aug 11, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Indiscriminate Attacks, Proportionality and the Meaning of “Incidental” Civilian Harm Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article, “Indiscriminate Attacks and the Proportionality Rule: What is Incidental Civilian Harm?” in the Journal of Conflict and...
by Cochav Elkayam-Levy, Irwin Cotler, Stewart Wiseman | Aug 8, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
Kinocide as a Strategy of Terrorism: Legal Frameworks and Case Law Analysis The intentional targeting of families by terrorist organizations constitutes a particularly egregious form of violence that weaponizes the emotional and social core of civilian life. Recently...
by Gerald Mako | Aug 6, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
Firewalls and Fault Lines: Cyber War in the Middle East Following the Iran-Israel War, a conflict blending relentless Israel Defense Force (IDF) airstrikes with Iranian missile and drone barrages, some Middle Eastern battlefields have quieted, making it easy to forget...
by Sean Watts, Joshua F. Berry, Jennifer Maddocks, Liisi Adamson | Aug 5, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog
Five Years of Articles of War Today marks the 5-year anniversary of the launch of Articles of War. When we began, we promised our readers “timely, clear, and thought-provoking perspectives on the law of armed conflict and related subjects.” We hope we have delivered...