Use of Force

The evacuation from Afghanistan may have helped set or solidify international legal rules on use of military force to rescue nationals - the German example.

The situation on Belarus's borders sparks a debate on the appropriate path for international legal scholars. The latest from Aurel Sari and Ben Hudson.

Belarus has been criticized for using desperate migrants to pressure EU borders. But is it breaking international law by doing so?

Can the President use force to protect Taiwan in the "national interest" without congressional authorization?

The question to ask is not what he should have done differently, but what, if anything, his life suggests we should do differently.

It might represent the only option for the US on terrorist threats from Afghanistan, but it will be brute, imperfect military force.

With the administration preparing its Nuclear Posture Review, such a declaration would significantly reduce the risks of nuclear war.

A response to Margulies and Azmy.

Joseph Margulies and Baher Azmy write to set the record straight.

The country's Iran-backed militias are not law-abiding, but they know Iraqis care about rule of law and have adopted the law as a battlespace.

Insights from UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting

"We need to grapple with the legal mechanisms through which presidential administration after administration has legally justified escalating, elongating, and expanding conflicts…