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Ken Watkin
| Jan 20, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Intelligence Wars: Sabotage in the Shadows of Conflict Sabotage has suddenly gained a high profile in international dialogue about conflict. This occurs most obviously in the context of an evolving “gray zone conflict” with Russia linked to sabotage in European States...
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Benjamin Meret
| Jan 16, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Neutrality, Occupation
The Law of Neutrality in Situations of Belligerent Occupation Today, very few situations of belligerent occupation exist. Yet, in a recent advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) analyzed international legal obligations that stem from belligerent...
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Klaudia Klonowska
| Jan 14, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
The Impact of AI-Enabled Capabilities on the Application of International Law in the Cyber Domain This post describes the proceedings and conclusions of a workshop that brought together scholars, some with both operational and technical expertise, to discuss the...
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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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Robert Kolb
| Dec 26, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Double Qualification of a Single Act of Belligerence In the complex web of armed conflict classification, a problem has emerged in recent years linked to transnational armed conflicts that are breaking out and spilling into our troubled world. What is a...
