Precautions and Aerial Superiority or Supremacy

Precautions and Aerial Superiority or Supremacy

Precautions and Aerial Superiority or Supremacy In modern armed conflict, belligerents must control the air domain. Air supremacy or air superiority is a precondition for success in land and naval operations. Simultaneously, belligerents must exercise “constant care...
Retaliation, Retribution, and Punishment and International Law

Retaliation, Retribution, and Punishment and International Law

Retaliation, Retribution, and Punishment and International Law On April 13, Iran launched a massive missile and drone attack on Israel. Hezbollah and Houthi attacks took place contemporaneously. Israel, alongside forces from France, the United Kingdom, the United...
Regulating Military Force Series – Justice and Accountability in the Era of Modern Mercenarism

Regulating Military Force Series – Justice and Accountability in the Era of Modern Mercenarism

Regulating Military Force Series – Justice and Accountability in the Era of Modern Mercenarism Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion,...
Regulating Military Force Series – Hybrid Warfare and Jus ad Bellum

Regulating Military Force Series – Hybrid Warfare and Jus ad Bellum

Regulating Military Force Series – Hybrid Warfare and Jus ad Bellum Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?” at the...
Attacking the Quds Force and Affiliated Groups under the Jus ad Bellum

Attacking the Quds Force and Affiliated Groups under the Jus ad Bellum

Attacking the Quds Force and Affiliated Groups under the Jus ad Bellum On 28 January, a drone strike on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22 killed three soldiers and wounded 34. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a non-State militia group, claimed...
Year in Review – 2023

Year in Review – 2023

Year in Review – 2023 2023 has witnessed not only a continuation of ongoing conflicts, including those in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh, but also the emergence of new hostilities. A notable addition to the global security landscape was the renewed armed conflict...