James Thuo Gathii (Albany): Irregular Forces and Self-Defense Under the UN Charter. John C. Richardson (JMR): Stuxnet as Cyberwarfare: Applying the Law of War to the Virtual Battlefield. Benjamin Davis (Toledo): What War Does to Law. Tawia B. Ansah (FIU): Lawfare: A Rhetorical Analysis. Laurie R. Blank (Emory): After "Top Gun": How Drone Strikes Impact the Law of War. Fernando R. Teson (FSU): Humanitarian Intervention: Loose Ends. Jeff McMahan (Rutgers): Pacifism and Moral Theory. Moshik Lavie (Paris I) and Christophe Muller (Marseille): Incentives and Survival in Violent Conflicts. The idea of recording, identifying and acknowledging each individual victim of armed conflict — and holding to account those responsible — extends the principles underlying the laws of war. Can women change the way we think about war? A comprehensive new study, "Costs of War", suggests that the costs have been wildly out of proportion to the benefits. A review of Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-First Century? by David Fisher (and more). Drones are a palpable option for presidents fighting terrorism, but are they making war too easy? Good Fences: Alex Rutherford et al. on the importance of setting boundaries for peaceful coexistence. "Messengers of Death": Are drones creating a new global arms race? Libya’s Punk Revolution: The fighters who toppled Qaddafi were poorly organized, but their victory could signal a new type of insurgency warfare. From TED, Guy-Philippe Goldstein on how cyberattacks threaten real-world peace.
