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Michael W. Meier
| Aug 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Weapons Law
Unleashing Drone Dominance: Rethinking Department of Defense Weapons Reviews In November 2001, the United States conducted what is considered to be the first ever armed drone attack in Afghanistan. Over the next twenty years, the United States dominated the production...
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Ted Richard
| Jan 6, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Space Law
Year Ahead – U.S. Department of Defense and Space Force Commercial Space Strategies 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...
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Charles N. Pede
| Nov 22, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy
Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a bold new policy, a DoD Instruction titled “Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response,” that aims to reduce civilian harm on...
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Aidan Winn
| May 8, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Human Rights, Policy, Weapons Law
National Security Memorandum 20 and the Challenge of Operational End-Use Monitoring Today, May 8, was the deadline for the Departments of Defense (DoD) and State to answer tough questions about how U.S. supplied weapons are being used in today’s conflicts, including...
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Dan Maurer
| Apr 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Use of Force
The Department of Defense’s In Extremis Legal Challenges During Modern Warfare A Department of Defense (DoD) lawyer has for a client an organization with a remarkable number of dilemmas, all of which must be resolved (or at least addressed) lawfully, consistent with...
