Israel and the United States at War (2025-2026 Operations)

This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law or higher ed classroom.

Operation Epic Fury demonstrates that airpower is both essential and insufficient. A review of what the campaign reveals about airpower's promises, limits and lessons in Iran.

Experts analyze the US-Israel Iran military conflicts - covering nuclear diplomacy; strategic, security, and regional implications; and domestic and international law.

Civilian infrastructure is not targetable merely because it is economically significant or politically useful to strike, but only when it offers a definite military advantage.

Applying Clausewitz’s principles to Operation Epic Fury reveals the war’s strategic design–architecture linking military action to political purpose–was deficient from…

The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act should be repealed or amended. The alternatives are extending a disastrous war of choice or ignoring the law.

How allowing Iran to charge for transit in the Strait of Hormuz could undermine U.S. strategy in the Pacific and beyond

A war game exposed the risks of fighting Iran with assumptions instead of strategy, and its lessons echo in today’s conflict.

Former U.S. Navy Commander, JAGC Mark Nevitt clarifies the 5 "blockades" in the U.S.-Iran conflict and the different legal issues and operational risks at stake.

Under the War Powers Resolution, Trump must now terminate the hostilities against Iran he began two months ago. He seems set against doing so.

Former State Department attorney's critique of the Department's Iran war memorandum on “Operation Epic Fury and International Law.”

Three top legal experts analyze Ambassador Mike Waltz's claims about laws of war and US operations in Iran war.