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Erica Harper
| Jun 17, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy
War Reloaded: The Erosion of Norms and the Urgency of Prevention After decades of cautious optimism about the global decline of warfare, recent trends paint a far more troubling picture. Civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire, non-State armed groups and...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Jun 13, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Maritime
Asia’s Melian Moment Prior to the siege of Melos, the Melians argued that they had the right to remain neutral when the Athenians demanded their surrender. The famous dialogue depicted by Thucydides in the History of the Peloponnesian War illustrates political realism...
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Jeffrey Lovitky
| Jun 9, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Article 23(g) Imperative Military Necessity Imposes No Higher Standard than Ordinary Military Necessity This post addresses the requirement for “imperative military necessity” to justify property destruction under Article 23(g) of the Hague Regulations of 1907,...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Alexander Hernandez
| Jun 4, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Seizure of Private Real Property and Transfer of Civilians into Occupied Territory In May 2025, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that “Russia is inventorying real estate in occupied Ukraine in order to seize property from Ukrainian...
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Samuel White,
Giacomo Biggio
| Jun 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Trial of Australian Oscar Jenkins: Status, Legitimacy, and Lawfare When Australian national Oscar Jenkins crossed into Ukraine and picked up arms, he likely anticipated danger. What he may not have anticipated was the murky legal theatre...
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Anna Lyfar
| Jun 2, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Release of Chinese POWs in Ukraine In early April, reports emerged indicating that Ukraine had captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Additional reports shared by Ukraine’s intelligence agencies...
