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Fionnuala Ni Aolain
| Jan 7, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, In Honor of Françoise Hampson, Law of Armed Conflict
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – The Early Interface of IHL and Human Rights: Lessons from the Frontlines of Turkish Litigation Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. These posts recognize...
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Bryan Peeler
| Jan 2, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Reciprocity Without Retaliation: Rethinking Fairness in the Laws of War Editors’ note: This post is the second in a series relating to the author’s book, The Persistence of Reciprocity in International Humanitarian Law, published by Cambridge University Press. The...
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Liisi Adamson
| Dec 29, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
Year in Review – 2025 2025 has been a year of persistent conflicts, evolving law of armed conflict (LOAC) questions, and contrasting views. At Articles of War, we strived to provide a platform for nuanced legal analysis and timely discussion in 200 posts,...
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Robert Kolb
| Dec 26, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Double Qualification of a Single Act of Belligerence In the complex web of armed conflict classification, a problem has emerged in recent years linked to transnational armed conflicts that are breaking out and spilling into our troubled world. What is a...
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Davit Khachatryan
| Dec 23, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Clarity and Consequence: Autonomous Wingmen and the Rising Standard of Feasible Precautions The U.S. Air Force’s and Anduril’s ambitious wingman program, Fury, has already lifted off. Its designers intend Fury and comparable attritable collaborative combat aircraft...
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Robert Kolb
| Dec 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
International Humanitarian Law as Jus Cogens International peremptory norms have received a variety of definitions and constructions. The definition relevant to the law of treaties states: a peremptory norm is such if it cannot be derogated from by a special legal...
