Year Ahead – “Waging Peace” in 2024

Year Ahead – “Waging Peace” in 2024

Year Ahead – “Waging Peace” in 2024 Lieber Institute Senior Fellows Daphné Richemond-Barak and Laurie Blank’s multi-year End of War Project (see here, here, and here) explores a range of legal, strategic, moral and operational questions at the end of war, including...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Delivery of Humanitarian Aid from the Sea

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Delivery of Humanitarian Aid from the Sea

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Delivery of Humanitarian Aid from the Sea In response to the current situation in Gaza, several States have directed their naval forces into the eastern Mediterranean. For instance, the United States redirected aircraft carrier strike...
Of Hague Law and Geneva Law

Of Hague Law and Geneva Law

Of Hague Law and Geneva Law For specialists of the law of armed conflict, the term “Hague Law” (HL) designates the rules related to the conduct of hostilities, the so-called means and methods of warfare. Meanwhile, the term “Geneva Law” (GL) refers to the rules...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – International Law “Made in Israel” v. International Law “Made for Israel”

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – International Law “Made in Israel” v. International Law “Made for Israel”

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – International Law “Made in Israel” v. International Law “Made for Israel” International lawyers inside and outside Israel have long been critical of Israel’s tendency to rely on very specific and problematic interpretations of...
The U.S. Turkish Drone Shootdown Over Syria and the Jus Ad Bellum

The U.S. Turkish Drone Shootdown Over Syria and the Jus Ad Bellum

The U.S. Turkish Drone Shootdown Over Syria and the Jus Ad Bellum In early October, the United States shot down an armed Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) operating over Syrian airspace with an F-16 fighter jet. The aerial engagement was unusual, if not...