The Disarmament Treaties Prohibiting Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions: Separating Fact from Fiction

The Disarmament Treaties Prohibiting Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions: Separating Fact from Fiction

by | Apr 9, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Weapons Law

The Disarmament Treaties Prohibiting Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions: Separating Fact from Fiction In recent months, there has been considerable criticism in scholarship, and in opinion editorials in several newspapers, of the content and impact of the two...
I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

by | Feb 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows In a 2024 Articles of War post, I identified that intelligence gathering, including espionage, is authorized by both treaty and customary international law during armed conflict. For international armed conflicts,...
The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I

The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I

by | Jan 10, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Targeting, Weapons Law

The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I In conflicts during the last few years, unmanned air weapons, commonly referred to as drones, have increasingly been used to undertake attacks of ground targets. These attacks have recently involved large...
Jus post Bellum as a Key to Sustainable Peace after War

Jus post Bellum as a Key to Sustainable Peace after War

by | Dec 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Jus post Bellum as a Key to Sustainable Peace after War Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “Jus post bellum: Scope and Assessment of the Applicable Legal Framework” in the International Review of the Red Cross. International...
Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks

Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks

by | Nov 6, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting

Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks This analysis follows my prior post explaining the obligations imposed by Article 23(g) of the Hague Regulations of 1907, annexed to Hague...