Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels

Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels

by | Apr 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Policy, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force

Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels In April 2025, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Colby Jenkins testified that U.S. forces did not have legal authority to conduct cross-border drone strikes against drug cartels in Mexico even...
Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

by | Feb 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reports that since February 2022, there have been 40,176 verified civilian casualties caused by the conflict in Ukraine: 12,340 killed and...
Dilemmas of Defense: The U.S. Role in the Iran-Israel Conflict

Dilemmas of Defense: The U.S. Role in the Iran-Israel Conflict

by , | Jan 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Neutrality, Use of Force

Dilemmas of Defense: The U.S. Role in the Iran-Israel Conflict On April 13, 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out an unprecedented operation, launching hundreds of drones and cruise missiles toward Israel. Reports indicate that Israel intercepted the majority...
If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

by | Jan 22, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable? The ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza illustrate the dangerous consequences of conflating jus ad bellum and jus in bello. This conflation risks undermining the universality of international...
Israel’s Actions in Syria and the Outer Limits of Self-Defence

Israel’s Actions in Syria and the Outer Limits of Self-Defence

by | Jan 14, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force

Israel’s Actions in Syria and the Outer Limits of Self-Defence Following the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes across Syria targeting military facilities, weapons and ammunition depots, defence systems, and Syrian naval...
Taiwan Statehood (or not) and its Ramification for Armed Conflict

Taiwan Statehood (or not) and its Ramification for Armed Conflict

by , , , | Dec 20, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Use of Force

Taiwan Statehood (or not) and its Ramification for Armed Conflict As outlined in a previous Articles of War post, the recent 2024 Lieber Workshop focused on international law and the future of multi-domain operations in the Indo-Pacific. One of the workshop’s panels...