Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part III: How May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part III: How May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part III: How May Force Be Used? Part I of this series examined when the United States may lawfully resort to force in the form of over-the-horizon (OTH) operations, a question that looms large given President Biden’s July...
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part II: Where May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part II: Where May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part II: Where May Force Be Used? Part I of this series examined the issue of when the United States would enjoy a legal right to conduct over-the-horizon (OTH) operations. It identified three bases for such operations: UN Charter...
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part I: When May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part I: When May Force Be Used?

Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part I: When May Force Be Used? Responding in early July to concerns about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan after two decades of war, President Biden announced, “We are developing a counterterrorism over-the-horizon...
Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know

Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know

Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know Mercenaries … are useless and dangerous. And if a prince holds on to his state by means of mercenary armies, he will never be stable or secure… — Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Mercenaries have been...