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Pei-Lun Tsai,
Rob McLaughlin,
Hitoshi Nasu
| Aug 21, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Taiwan’s New Rules of Engagement In July 2024, Taiwan’s military released to the public its rules of engagement (ROE) prior to testing their effectiveness in the annual Han Kuang exercises, which took place on July 22-26. Taiwan developed the ROE in 2017 and revised...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 19, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Use of Force
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Israel’s Jus ad Bellum and LOAC Obligations and the Evolving Nature of the Conflict According to the New York Times, some senior American officials have concluded Israel has achieved all it can militarily in the Gaza Strip. It reports...
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Peter S. Konchak
| Aug 13, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
The “Total Defeat” of Hamas and the End of NIAC Since the onset of the hostilities in Gaza that began on October 7, 2023, Israel has consistently identified the “complete destruction” of the “military and governmental capabilities” of Hamas as one of its principal war...
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Shadeen Ali
| Jul 16, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Ottoman Laws of War Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a general introduction to the series, see Dr Samuel...
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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Jul 10, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict
Who Speaks for Humanity? In a previous post on Articles of War, I argued that it was wrong to assess rules for the conduct of war without giving some consideration to the type of war involved, even if that meant blurring the distinction between jus ad bellum and jus...
