International Law and the Use of Force: Drones and Real Anarchy Unleashed Upon the World
Recently a number of articles have been published that are of particular interest with respect to the development and use of drones. See William Wan…
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UPDATE: Anwar al-Aulaqi: Targeted Killings, Self-Defense, and War Crimes
UPDATE The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit against the Treasury Department for rules that require them to…
After McChrystal: Obama, Petraeus, and Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
The newspapers will be filled for days with information and views regarding Obama’s June 23 firing of General Stanley McChrystal and his replacement by General…
McChrystal, Petraeus, COIN, and Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
The newspapers will be filled for days with information and views regarding Obama’s meeting with Stanley McChrystal and his Afghanistan team on Wednesday, June 23,…
Targeted Killings: U.N. Special Rapporteur Alston Publishes Report to U.N. Human Rights Council
Today, Philip Alston, a highly distinguished human rights expert and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, published a report addressing international law…
Targeted Killings by Drone Aircraft: A View From India, and Some Observations
….. Quotation “La guerre, c’est une chose trop grave pour la confier à des militaires.” “War is too serious a matter to just be handed…