Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon

Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon

Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon Recent commentaries have characterized evacuation orders in contemporary armed conflicts, including those of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in southern Lebanon, as forcible...
Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels

Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels

Cross-Border Drone Strikes Against Mexican Drug Cartels In April 2025, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Colby Jenkins testified that U.S. forces did not have legal authority to conduct cross-border drone strikes against drug cartels in Mexico even...
Targeting Iranian Spy Ships

Targeting Iranian Spy Ships

Targeting Iranian Spy Ships On March 17, 2025, Al-Hadath, a Saudi news outlet, reported that U.S. forces in the Middle East had targeted and sunk Iran’s newest signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship, the IRINS Zagros (H313), while the spy ship was on station in the Red...
Regulating Military Force Series – Enduringly Unwilling and Unable: The Syrian Chapter of the Forever Wars Saga

Regulating Military Force Series – Enduringly Unwilling and Unable: The Syrian Chapter of the Forever Wars Saga

Regulating Military Force Series – Enduringly Unwilling and Unable: The Syrian Chapter of the Forever Wars Saga Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force:...