Successful coercion should be relatively simple for the United States. Since the demise of
the Soviet Union, the United States is without rivals in military might, political influence, or …

This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law
constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law …

Armed conflict is about using force to achieve goals. As international humanitarian law
regulates the means and methods that a belligerent may adopt to achieve its goals, there …

The principle of proportionality protects civilians and civilian objects against expected
incidental harm from an attack that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated from …

'Beau Grosscup shows that aerial bombardment, which was used many years ago as a
means of terrorizing native populations in Africa and the Middle East, has become the …

Consider a January 2006 incident in which the CIA allegedly tried to kill with a missile al
Qaida deputy Ayman Zawahiri and other suspected al Qaida members believed to be …

The level of non-combatant casualties in modern Western warfare is determined in large
part by the way in which policymakers apportion risk between soldiers and civilians. In the …

This article examines how military organizations that are generally committed to following
the laws and customs of war exploit what the author terms 'the collateral damage exemption' …

Everyone has seen the grainy images of a laser-guided bomb flicker across the television or
a Tomahawk missile zeroing in on the targeted air duct or front door of the building it was …

The decision to treat the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks as an act of war had real legal
ramifications permitting, for example, the trial of at least some suspected terrorists for war …