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Laurie R. Blank,
Daphné Richemond-Barak
| Jan 17, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies
When Technology Meets Humanity: Harnessing New and Emerging Technologies at the End of Conflict New and emerging technologies offer significant contributions toward facilitating the end of conflict and protecting and easing the effects of conflict on the civilian...
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William H. Boothby
| Dec 6, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Weapons Law
Finland, Territorial Security, and Anti-personnel Mines This post outlines select international weapons law obligations of Finland relating to anti-personnel mines against the backdrop of its evolving national security situation. It identifies an array of legal,...
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Geoff Corn,
Tyler Smotherman
| Sep 26, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Combined Arms Maneuver, Mission Command, and the Challenge of LOAC Implementation The news out of Israel is, well, discouraging. It seems increasingly likely that Israel is going to launch a major combat operation to clear Hezbollah assets from southern Lebanon. The...
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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Sep 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
“Humanity” is Not Always the Highest Claim Disputes about the application of the law of armed conflict are often fought with tools of legal analysis: competing treaty provisions; court rulings; and historical precedents. I want to highlight here a deeper dispute...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Sep 12, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Regaining Perspective on the Law of Armed Conflict As I noted in my “2024 Year Ahead” post, I am worried that the law of armed conflict (LOAC) faces an array of threats to its application on the battlefield and beyond. The post set out five that I find especially...
