Space Privateers or Space Pirates? Armed Conflict, Outer Space, and the Attribution of Non-State Activities

Space Privateers or Space Pirates? Armed Conflict, Outer Space, and the Attribution of Non-State Activities

Space Privateers or Space Pirates? Armed Conflict, Outer Space, and the Attribution of Non-State Activities Famously, George Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France at the end of the First World War, quipped that “generals always prepare to fight the last war, especially...
In Honor of Yoram Dinstein – Will the Separation Between Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Survive the Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza?

In Honor of Yoram Dinstein – Will the Separation Between Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Survive the Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza?

In Honor of Yoram Dinstein – Will the Separation Between Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Survive the Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza? Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Professor Yoram Dinstein, who passed away on Saturday February 10, 2024....
Regulating Military Force Series – Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and Regulation of the Resort to Force

Regulating Military Force Series – Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and Regulation of the Resort to Force

Regulating Military Force Series – Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and Regulation of the Resort to Force Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion,...
Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality This post examines the concept of “concrete and direct military advantage” used for purposes of applying proportionality rules in targeting. It concludes that military...
Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting

Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting

Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “Targeting Drug Lords: Challenges to IHL Between lege lata and lege ferenda” appearing in the International Review of the Red...