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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Attacking Scientists and the Law of Armed Conflict On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, an attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile program, and senior military leadership. Additionally, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted...
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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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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 16, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the Right of Self-Defense On Friday morning, June 13, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Rising Lion, a major strike against Iranian nuclear infrastructure and ballistic missile capability. The IDF also degraded...
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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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James Kraska
| Jun 11, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Maritime
A Map to the Second Edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare The U.S. Naval War College has recently published its second edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare as volume 105 of International Law Studies (ILS), sometimes referred to...
