Corn Comments on the Costs of Shifting to a Pure Self-Defense Model
The following guest post is from Professor Geoffrey Corn (South Texas College of Law), in response to a post in which I raised the possibility that, in light of the non-battlefield targeting standards...
View ArticleEight Thoughts on the Broad Reading of Article II Inherent in Bobby’s Conjecture
Bobby’s post from Friday argued that “the current shadow war approach to counterterrorism doesn’t really require an armed-conflict predicate–or an AUMF, for that matter.” Bobby’s point is that most if...
View ArticleA Ukraine-Russia Issue: Does It Violate LOAC to Shed Your Identification...
That is the claim put forward, with gusto, by Jonathan Eyal of the Royal United Services Institute in this Guardian article. Eyal correctly notes the importance of the principle of distinction, and...
View ArticleReport of the Stimson Center Task Force on Drone Policy
The Stimson Center released today the report of its Task Force on US Drone Policy. The ten-member task force, of which I was a member, was chaired by General John Abizaid and Rosa Brooks. The report...
View ArticleIsrael-Gaza and the Law of Armed Conflict: Recommended Readings
A number of friends and colleagues have asked me recently for recommended readings on the law of armed conflict and Gaza. I’ve decided, therefore, to post some of my suggestions and some explanation as...
View ArticleA Reply to Marty Lederman
Marty Lederman has a thoughtful response over at Just Security to my post from yesterday. I take his argument to be the following: First, that the Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG) does not purport to...
View ArticleFolk Law and Obama Administration Mythology: Four Stakes
Marty Lederman and I have been engaged in a debate over the past few weeks, and last Monday he wrote a lengthy and thoughtful “Monday Reflection” over at Just Security concerning some of my arguments...
View ArticleFolk International Law and the Application of LOAC in Counterterrorism...
Naz Modirzadeh’s fascinating series of Lawfare posts (here, here, and here) discussing her article, Folk International Law, provides an excellent primer on the potential consequences and confusion that...
View ArticleTransatlantic Dialogue on Int’l Law and Armed Conflict: Ken Watkin on the...
The next installment in the series of posts derived from this summer’s Transatlantic Dialogue on International Law and Armed Conflict is now live at the ICRC’s Intercross blog. It is from Ken Watkin,...
View ArticleTransatlantic Dialogue on Int’l Law and Armed Conflict: Sarah Cleveland on...
The newest installment in the Transatlantic Dialogue series (see here) has gone live at EJIL:Talk!. It is from Sarah Cleveland, and it explains the Project on Harmonizing Standards for Armed Conflict....
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