Lebanon

Israel's pager operation was not an indiscriminate attack. It was a strategic operation that achieved its objective.

The Lebanon and Golan Heights missions show certain ability to separate warring sides and support ceasefires, but with serious limitations.

Syrian policymakers should pursue a locally-driven and incremental approach to constitutionalism for a more cohesive and just future.

Until distorted ethical narratives are challenged, powerful states will continue to commit war crimes with impunity.

The unmooring of law from ethics has catalyzed the expansion of violence across the Middle East.

The latest escalation between Israel and Iran is likely to redefine the region for decades to come.

On September 17th, thousands of pagers exploded across southern Lebanon, Beirut, and Syria. The explosions, followed the next day by exploding walkie talkies, killed dozens, including…

The exploding pagers in Lebanon raise a number of factual and legal questions related to the obligations of the attacker under the law of armed conflict.

Without reforms to blunt sanctions’ negative consequences for peacemaking, their effectiveness will be limited. Far greater effort is needed to ensure that this instrument of…

Different models for a single residual mechanism would come with different levels of responsibility for future prosecutions.

A single residual mechanism would need to consider legal political and administrative questions in order to succeed.

A single residual mechanism could consolidate the tasks of ad hoc and hybrid tribunals after their prosecutorial mandates conclude.