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Bryan Peeler
| Jan 2, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Reciprocity Without Retaliation: Rethinking Fairness in the Laws of War Editors’ note: This post is the second in a series relating to the author’s book, The Persistence of Reciprocity in International Humanitarian Law, published by Cambridge University Press. The...
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Bryan Peeler
| Nov 14, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
Why Reciprocity Refuses to Die: The Enduring Logic of Fairness in War International humanitarian law (IHL) is often described as a triumph of principle over pragmatism; a set of rules meant to restrain war even when all else is breaking down. After all, the Geneva...
