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Andrew Bartles-Smith
| Jul 23, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Military Chaplains and Other Religious Personnel under IHL Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work, “Military Chaplains and Equivalent Religious Personnel Under International Humanitarian Law” appearing in the International Review of...
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Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
| Jan 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric Editors’ note: We are pleased to announce that Articles of War has recently added several thematic editors to our staff. Each editor has contributed a post to this year’s Year Ahead series with thoughts on...
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David Wallace,
Christopher Hart
| May 21, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Arming U.S. Navy Hospital Ships? Is it time to rethink how U.S. Navy hospital ships are armed? Recent naval warfare in the Red and Black Seas highlights the potential vulnerability of surface ships to remote attacks by missiles and drones. These ships could include...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 7, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacking Hamas – Part II, The Rules Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series that explores law of armed conflict targeting considerations inspired by the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The first post examined operational...
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Aurel Sari
| Oct 19, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Facts Matter: Assessing the Al-Ahli Hospital Incident In the evening hours of October 17, 2023, reports emerged of an explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The Gazan Ministry of Health spoke of a massacre, suggesting...
