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Andrew Clapham
| Mar 5, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
On War As the invasion of Ukraine was starting, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nationals responded to the Ukrainian Special Envoy “Don’t call this a war. This is called a ‘special military operation in Donbass.’” Other Russian Ambassadors reiterated the...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 23, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Use of Force
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...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 20, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Use of Force
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...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 16, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting
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...
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Jeffrey S. Thurnher
| Dec 2, 2020 | Accountability, AoW Posts, State Responsibility, Topics
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...
