Clarity and Consequence: Autonomous Wingmen and the Rising Standard of Feasible Precautions

Clarity and Consequence: Autonomous Wingmen and the Rising Standard of Feasible Precautions

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...
The Baltic Defense Line: Military Necessity and Civilian Protection on NATO’s Eastern Flank

The Baltic Defense Line: Military Necessity and Civilian Protection on NATO’s Eastern Flank

The Baltic Defense Line: Military Necessity and Civilian Protection on NATO’s Eastern Flank Europe’s easternmost flank is undergoing one of the most strategically calibrated defensive preparations since the Cold War. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are coordinating the...
Diverging Standards in the Legal Review of LAWS

Diverging Standards in the Legal Review of LAWS

Diverging Standards in the Legal Review of LAWS In May 2025, Anduril Industries publicly unveiled Fury (YFQ-44A), a next-generation autonomous aircraft currently under evaluation by the U.S. Air Force as part of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. Fury...
If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable? The ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza illustrate the dangerous consequences of conflating jus ad bellum and jus in bello. This conflation risks undermining the universality of international...
Complete Defeat and the End of the Non-Recognized State of Nagorno-Karabakh

Complete Defeat and the End of the Non-Recognized State of Nagorno-Karabakh

Complete Defeat and the End of the Non-Recognized State of Nagorno-Karabakh September 2024 marks the first anniversary of a decisive turn in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Following Azerbaijan’s “anti-terrorist operation,” the de facto authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh...