Armed Conflict

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Trump Administration’s New Weapons Export Policies Stress Benefit to U.S. Economy

After months of anticipation, the Trump administration recently released a new conventional arms transfer (CAT) policy and a new unmanned aerial systems (UAS) export policy. Both…

An Opportunity for National Security Transparency in the Trump Era

Hartig and Geltzer--who served in the National Security Council, Defense Department, and Justice Department--examine the benefits of transparency in national security policy, what…

Legal Implications of the Defect in Pentagon’s Civilian Casualty Assessments

Goodman supplements his New York Times Op-ed by discussing two legal implications of a flaw in how the Pentagon counts civilian casualties.

Common Article 1 and the U.S. Duty to Ensure Respect for the Geneva Conventions in Yemen

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 19, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt.…

State Responsibility for U.S. Support of the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen

This article is the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. The international law of state responsibility, captured in the International Law Commission’s…

Historic Moment for Liberians: Warlord Sentenced to 30 Years

Above: Mohammed Jabbateh in court. Image: Chase Walker/Civitas Maxima On April 19, a federal judge in Philadelphia handed down one of the most severe penalties ever imposed by…

Maybe Dismantling the GTMO Closure Office Wasn’t Such a Good Idea

As recent events reinforce, dismantling the Office of the Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure at the Department of State was not such a good idea. Although obscured by the political…

Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

Statements, Chart, and Map for every state in the world that has taken a public position on the legality and justification of strikes in Syria conducted by the US, UK, and France.

Brazil’s Robust Defense of the Legal Prohibition on the Use of Force and Self Defense

As the strikes by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France on Syria last week demonstrate, a select group of countries led by the US are asserting an increasingly broad…

At a Crossroad: The Int’l Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Probe and the International Law Commission

This piece is the latest in our online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–focusing on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe in Afghanistan and its…

If Mattis Meant to Assert Self-Defense for the Syria Strike, He Was Wrong

Since the United States conducted a military strike on various targets associated with the Syrian government’s chemical weapons program last week, prominent voices in the legal…

The Extent and Validity of Yemen’s Consent to the US’s Use of Force

Above: Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi at UN headquarters on September 21, 2017.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) This is piece is the latest article in our forum…
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