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Thomas Wheatley
| Jan 26, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
The Moral Disorder of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Purity In my last post, I argued why the law of armed conflict (LOAC) does not require the absolute separation of jus in bello and jus ad bellum. I also identified how leading thinkers throughout history understood...
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Robert Kolb
| Jan 12, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Of Open and Closed Systems – War Caught in Lotus and Anti-Lotus Within every system of law there are open legal sub-systems that offer residual freedom to act and closed sub-systems where residual prohibitions prevail. In the first, the maxim is that what is not...
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Kinga Tibori-Szabó
| Sep 12, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
The Ban on Force or the System: What’s Really Dying? In the past year, a growing chorus of voices has warned that the international “rule-based” order—along with the prohibition on the use of force—is unraveling, with the United States poised to withdraw from the very...
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Robert Kolb
| Sep 10, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Exceptions to the Separation Between the Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello According to canonic learning and overwhelming practice, the rules of the jus ad bellum and those of the jus in bello are separated in the sense that the application of each depends on its own...
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Andrea Logan
| Jul 21, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force
Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security The Kremlin announced on June 20 that it would finalize a date for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine. This follows two meetings in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, 2025, marking...
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Ken Watkin
| Jul 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Intelligence Wars, Their Warriors, and Legal Ambiguity – Part II: Ambiguity Editors’ note: This post is the second in a two-part series that explores the role both military and civilian intelligence organizations perform in armed conflict. The first post in this...
