PSYOPS inviting enemy personnel to defect / surrender can save lives on both sides of a conflict and weaken an armed group ...

Nuclear powered microreactors may serve operational interests. However, their military usefulness does not eliminate their legal sensitivity.

In its recently updated commentary of Geneva Convention IV, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) explains the ...

This post explores the meaning of forcible displacement and the temporal applicability of Article 49 of GC IV.

GC IV Commentary Series – Introduction Editors’ note: Sean Watts, co-author of this post, served on the Reading Committee that advised production of the ICRC’s Commentary on the Fourth Geneva ...

In early September, social media users uploaded videos depicting a Ukrainian drone spewing a burning substance along a dense tree line, allegedly where Russian troops were hiding (see here, here, here ...

Since Russia commenced its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Wagner Group has come out of the shadows. Used by the Kremlin as an alternative fighting force since 2014, the private ...

During its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has accused the United States and Ukraine of collaborating to develop biological weapons in violation of international law. Russia’s claims led to a “formal ...

On June 27, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a remarkable announcement. After years of denying any links between the Wagner Group and the Russian State, Putin stated, “I want to point out ...

A frequent feature of violent riots and revolts, the Molotov cocktail has reappeared in reports of Ukraine’s preparations to resist the ongoing Russian invasion. Although undoubtedly symbolic of ...

Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during Armed Conflict, appearing in the Lieber Studies ...