Armed Conflict

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The Relationship Between Context and Proportionality: A Reply to Cohen and Shany

I am honored that Deans Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany, both superb scholars that I hold in the highest regard, have responded to the Just Security post I wrote with my colleague…
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Why not, Secretary Carter?

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has announced that a U.S. drone strike recently killed one of AQAP’s senior commanders, Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi.  This would, of course,…
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The Unfolding Crisis of Presidential Succession in Central Africa

A growing crisis of governance and succession threatens peace and security in the countries of the Great Lakes region of Africa, where an outbreak of “god syndrome” among long-serving…
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New Poll: American Support for Drone Strikes Plummets When Innocent US Civilians Killed [Updated]

A 2009 US Air Force photo shows an armed MQ-9 Reaper drone taxiing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. US policymakers need to know the answer to a simple question about American attitudes…
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Contextualizing Proportionality Analysis? A Response to Schmitt and Merriam on Israel’s Targeting Practices

In a recent post on this blog, Michael Schmitt and John Merriam discussed Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), based on their recent visit to Israel…
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Warfare and “Judicial Imperialism” in the UK

Last month, British think tank Policy Exchange published a report criticizing the rise of “judicial imperialism” in the context of British military operations, titled Clearing…
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Once again: “Which agency?” and “How secret?” are separate and independent questions

Karen DeYoung has a story in the Post this morning about an ongoing debate on the Hill concerning whether the CIA “should be in the drone business at all, or if such lethal…
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US Needs to Stop Tiptoeing Around the “Killer Robots” Threat

When it comes to banning “killer robots,” the United States is going to take some convincing. That was one major take-away from April’s multilateral meeting on the matter…
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Letters to the Editor on End-of-War Claims from Guantánamo Detainees

My post from last Thursday has provoked a pair of letters-to-the-editor from lawyers for current and former Guantánamo detainees. Below the fold, I reprint them in full, and…
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The Perverse and Unintended Consequences of Serdar Mohammed v. Defence

An important case in the United Kingdom (Serdar Mohammed v. Defence) and a major statement by the UN Human Rights Committee (General Comment 35) come to the wrong legal conclusion:…
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We Need a Full, Transparent Review of the US Targeted Killing Program

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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The Government (Sort of) Wins a Guantánamo Military Commission Appeal

No, not that one. In a two-page order issued this morning, the D.C. Circuit (Tatel, Griffith, & Silberman, JJ.) dismissed the appeal of former Guantánamo detainee Ibrahim…
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