by Rob Mclaughlin | Mar 7, 2022
Keeping the Ukraine-Russia Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Issues Separate In any situation of international armed conflict (IAC), such as that between Ukraine and Russia right now, two bodies of law necessarily come into sharp relief: The jus ad bellum, which deals...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Jan 16, 2022
Russian Cyber Operations and Ukraine: The Legal Framework Last week, hostile cyber operations targeted approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites, including that of the Cabinet. Affected sites included Diia, the most widely used site for handling online government...
by Dan Maurer | Sep 17, 2021
The Rhetoric of Retaliation The language we use to justify and describe legal constraints on personal conduct or grants of legal authority to our government is never totally free of bias, ambiguity, flawed premises, or unproveable assumptions. How we fix, manipulate,...
by Laurie R. Blank | Mar 4, 2021
The Legitimate Aims of Self-Defense The United States’ strike on Iranian-backed militias along the Syria-Iraq border on February 25 and the accompanying justifications, communications, and explanations have produced a flurry of legal discourse across the...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Mar 1, 2021
President Biden’s First Use of Force and International Law On February 25, President Biden authorized the first use of military force since becoming President. The operation involved two F-15s dropping seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bombs...
