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Michael N. Schmitt,
Alexander Hernandez
| May 9, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Analyzing State Support to Non-State Actors – Part II: Response Options and Conflict Classification As non-State actors assume an increasingly prominent role in international affairs, State support to them as a strategic tool for advancing political objectives has...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Alexander Hernandez
| May 7, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Analyzing State Support to Non-State Actors – Part I: Primary Obligations and Attribution Today, armed conflicts are frequently characterized by State support to non-State actors as a means of advancing the former’s strategic objectives. For instance, Iran continues...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Apr 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Releasing Civilian Hostages and Returning Hostage Remains On 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters took 251 hostages during its infamous attack on Israel. Although many were Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, the vast majority were civilians,...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Mar 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Weapons Law
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Land Mines: An Explainer Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has ignited discussions within and between NATO States concerning the international conventions that ban the use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers On December 17, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant were killed in a bomb explosion outside his Moscow apartment building. The bomb...
