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Michael N. Schmitt
| Oct 26, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Dirty Bombs and International Humanitarian Law On October 23, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made separate calls to the Defense Ministers of France, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In them, Shoigu claimed that...
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John Goehring
| Oct 17, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law
The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space The United States’ practice of intermingling national security space functions with commercial space capabilities and services has come under fire. Professor David Koplow, in an article entitled...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 8, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations On 4 August, Amnesty International released a report criticizing Ukraine for placing civilians at risk “by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated...
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Eric Jensen
| Mar 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine and the Defender’s Obligations In a recent post, I expressed my concern over the ability of the modern law of armed conflict (LOAC) to continue to not only regulate hostilities, but also do it in a way that survives actual near-peer conflict. I concluded: The...
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Robert Lawless
| Feb 18, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
The U.S. Legal Obligation to Take Precautions to Minimize Civilian Harm U.S. Special Forces recently conducted a raid against the residence of the Islamic State’s leader. President Biden and other U.S. Department of Defense officials ordered a ground operation rather...
