Regulating Military Force Series – Rhetoric and Warfare in the Age of Rights

Regulating Military Force Series – Rhetoric and Warfare in the Age of Rights

Regulating Military Force Series – Rhetoric and Warfare in the Age of Rights Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction, Rebirth?” at the...
Ceasefire in International Armed Conflict: Implications for Jus Ad Bellum Self-Defense

Ceasefire in International Armed Conflict: Implications for Jus Ad Bellum Self-Defense

Ceasefire in International Armed Conflict: Implications for Jus Ad Bellum Self-Defense In recent months, various commentators have proposed that Ukraine should agree to a ceasefire with Russia as a means of ending the ongoing hostilities of the Russo-Ukrainian War....
Draft Principles on Protection of the Environment In Armed Conflict

Draft Principles on Protection of the Environment In Armed Conflict

Draft Principles on Protection of the Environment In Armed Conflict Editors’ Note: This post is derived from a presentation given at the 2023 Israel Defense Forces Military Advocate General’s 4th International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict. Global challenges...
Foreign Assistance Act Resolution and the Lex Specialis Rule

Foreign Assistance Act Resolution and the Lex Specialis Rule

Foreign Assistance Act Resolution and the Lex Specialis Rule On the last full day of work before adjourning for holiday recess, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced on the floor of the Senate his intent to call a vote on a resolution he filed just before the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Cyberspace – the Hidden Aspect of the Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Cyberspace – the Hidden Aspect of the Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Cyberspace – the Hidden Aspect of the Conflict The armed conflict between Israel and Hamas is a multi-arena war in two respects. First, in terms of geography, there are active hostilities in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, and even Syria...