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Robert Kolb
| Aug 19, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict
Killings of Prisoners of War and Refusal of Quarter – Present and Past Modern international humanitarian law (IHL) protects prisoners against attack or mistreatment from the moment they surrender or do something akin to surrender. Relevant provisions include Articles...
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Mateusz Piatkowski
| Aug 12, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Air Warfare and International Humanitarian Law In 1949, the U.S. Army’s International Law Branch Chief, Major William G. Downey, provided remarks (in his personal capacity) to the American Society of International Law. He asserted, The person who first drafts an...
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Brian Jones
| Aug 5, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Surrender as a Weapon: Operational Paralysis and the Law of War In the opening days of the Operation Desert Storm ground campaign, Iraqi Soldiers surrendered by the tens of thousands. They surrendered to armor, to infantry, and in one famous instance, to a remotely...
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Emily Crawford
| Jul 31, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Armed Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region Volume
Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – Prisoners of War and a Taiwan Conflict Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Douglas Guilfoyle & Jennifer Maddocks eds. 2026), the...
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Davit Khachatryan
| Jul 29, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Where the Environment Sits: Proportionality and Strikes on Russian Oil Infrastructure Through the spring and summer of 2026, Ukraine turned its long-range drone fleet into a systematic weapon against Russia’s refining sector. By late June, drones had struck eight of...
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Aurel Sari
| Jul 22, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Armed Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region Volume
Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – LOAC and Information Warfare in the Indo-Pacific Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Douglas Guilfoyle & Jennifer Maddocks eds. 2026),...
