by Andrew Clapham | Mar 5, 2022
On War As the invasion of Ukraine was starting, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nationals responded to the Ukrainian Special Envoy “Don’t call this a war. This is called a ‘special military operation in Donbass.’” Other Russian Ambassadors reiterated the...
by Sean Watts, Winston Williams, Ronald Alcala | Oct 6, 2021
Symposium Intro: Hays Parks’s Influence on the Law of War Most developments and codifications of the law of war have been responses to the evolving character of warfare. Indeed, a timeline of law of war treaties reads like a chronicle of changes in the tactics,...
by Gary Solis | Jun 4, 2021
Hays Parks—A Legacy The influence of William Hays Parks on the law of armed conflict (LOAC) goes back over 50 years and his fingerprints will be imprinted on it for a long time to come. A giant in the field, he was dedicated to providing U.S. combatants with the most...
by Laurie R. Blank, Daphné Richemond-Barak | Nov 12, 2020
Ending Wars: The Law of War’s Latest Source of Stress The nineteenth anniversary of 9/11 offered a telling reminder of the problem of “forever wars.” In the United States, few Americans under the age of thirty can remember when the country was not involved in...
by Chris Jenks | Oct 14, 2020
The Efficacy of the U.S. Army’s Law of War Training Program On July 2, 2020, the Department of Defense reissued DoD Directive 2311.01, the DoD Law of War Program.* Under the previous Directive, issued in 2006, Secretaries of the Military Departments were required to...
