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Ronald Alcala
| May 30, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Ukraine Symposium – Captured Enemy Weapons The Russian military has fielded a new weapon in its conflict with Ukraine. In recent weeks, at least one frontline Russian unit was observed operating an American-made Bradley M2A2 infantry fighting vehicle, and Russia is...
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Ken Watkin
| Feb 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows In a 2024 Articles of War post, I identified that intelligence gathering, including espionage, is authorized by both treaty and customary international law during armed conflict. For international armed conflicts,...
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Charles Coventry,
Luke Gigliotti
| Jun 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
Distinction and the Rule of Perfidy within the Electromagnetic Spectrum Editors’ note: This post is based on course work that Luke Gigliotti completed in his final year as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy West Point. The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) plays...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Mar 11, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Invisible Soldiers Images of drone strikes, hypersonic missiles, and directed energy weapons have cultivated imagination of how war might be fought in the future. Meanwhile, on-board cameras and satellites have made modern battlefields more transparent and accessible...
