Taiwan’s Counter-Lawfare Strategy
by Hitoshi Nasu | Feb 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy
Taiwan’s Counter-Lawfare Strategy In his 2025 New Year address, President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping reiterated his commitment to the reunification of Taiwan. He stated, “no one can ever stop China’s reunification, a trend of the times.” One...
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers
by Yusuke Saito | Jan 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers The year 2024 was a time of increasing instability for global security. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has resurrected the specter of a world war, in which North Korea is also involved. Perhaps related to...
Common Article 2 and Non-State Reciprocity in the Law of Armed Conflict
by Eric Jensen, J. Stone Wilson | Jan 8, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Common Article 2 and Non-State Reciprocity in the Law of Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post is an abbreviated version of an article appearing in the Emory International Law Review Volume 39 (2025). When the States that signed the 1949 Geneva Conventions...
Taiwan Statehood (or not) and its Ramification for Armed Conflict
by Eric Jensen, Emily Crawford, Peter A. Dutton, Hsiu-An Hsiao | Dec 20, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Use of Force
Taiwan Statehood (or not) and its Ramification for Armed Conflict As outlined in a previous Articles of War post, the recent 2024 Lieber Workshop focused on international law and the future of multi-domain operations in the Indo-Pacific. One of the workshop’s panels...