Military

President Trump's intervention in military justice cases involving service members convicted or accused of war crimes continues a pattern of the president taking actions that weaken…

A German parliamentary research report serves as an important reminder that evidence and proportionality matter, and that exceptions to the prohibition of the use of force should…

Germany’s Defense Minister triggered a debate there and across the Atlantic when she called recently for greater German involvement in Syria and for the establishment of an international…

The symbolism of a foreign leader meeting with the US president in the White House sends an unmistakable signal worldwide, especially in this case to Russia.

New Guidelines from the ICRC and Geneva Academy on when and how armed forces must investigate possible law of war violations.

The UN Group makes a number of important legal findings, a leading international humanitarian law expert discusses.

Last May, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) filed an amicus brief in the border wall litigation – El Paso v. Trump – on behalf of military service members. In…

Former Pentagon/National Security Council official Luke Hartig analyzes Secretary Esper's plan and how it may play out with specific members of Congress.

A watershed ruling by Canada's Supreme Court sheds light on compliance of military justice systems with human rights norms.

We may not have wanted to land in this muddy middle between peace and war that we currently find ourselves in, but this is the reality of the current moment in the counterterrorism…

In part two of a three-part series, the authors explain how new operational models for both why and how the U.S. used force outside areas of active hostilities created tensions…

In three articles, the authors explain how the lines have blurred between U.S. military operating procedures for use of force in hot war zones versus outside areas of active hostilities…