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Marten Zwanenburg
| Jun 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Select IHL Issues Arising from the Israel-Iran Conflict The Israeli strikes on Iran on 13 June 2025 and the ensuing attacks from both sides have raised important questions of international law. Several questions concern the legal basis under the ius ad bellum for the...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Attacking Scientists and the Law of Armed Conflict On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, an attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile program, and senior military leadership. Additionally, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted...
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Ken Watkin
| Oct 10, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
State Practice in Assassination: What is Old is New Again In July 2024, CNN reported that American and German intelligence agencies had thwarted a Russian plan to kill Armin Papperger, the chief executive of Rheinmetall, a company known as “the largest and most...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Oct 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
Killing Nasrallah and the Law of Armed Conflict Last Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted air strikes against a Hezbollah command and control bunker in Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburbs, which was located under an apartment complex. The attack, which followed IDF...
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Ken Watkin
| May 22, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Mitt Regan’s Drone Strike – Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing and the CHMR-AP Mitt Regan, a widely respected Georgetown University Professor of National Security Law, has written a very timely and thought provoking book, Drone Strike—Analyzing the Impacts of...
