Targeting Decisions

The “Shift Cold” Military Tactic: Finding Room Under International Law

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Feb 20th, 2018

The “Shift Cold” Military Tactic and International Humanitarian Law

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Feb 20th, 2018

“Reasonable Certainty” vs “Near Certainty” in Military Targeting–What the Law Requires

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Feb 15th, 2018

How to Fix the US Military’s Broken Targeting System

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Dec 12th, 2017

Implications of Trump’s New Drone Policy for Countries Assisting the U.S.

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Nov 13th, 2017

Trump Should Release His New Lethal Force Policy

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Oct 30th, 2017

Letter to the Editor: Finding a Middle Ground on “Areas of Active Hostilities”

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Oct 25th, 2017

Addendum to My “Memo to the Human Rights Community” (on drone strikes outside of “hot battlefields”)

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Oct 6th, 2017

A Response to Goodman’s “Memo to the Human Rights Community”

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Oct 6th, 2017

The Newly Relaxed Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan and Civilian Casualties

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Oct 6th, 2017

Why the Laws of War Apply to Drone Strikes Outside “Areas of Active Hostilities” (A Memo to the Human Rights Community)

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Oct 4th, 2017

Easing Restrictions on US Killings Outside War Zones Would be a Serious Mistake

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Oct 2nd, 2017

Three Half-Truths on U.S. Lethal Operations and Policy Constraints

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Sep 25th, 2017

Trump’s New Drone Strike Policy: What’s Any Different? Why It Matters

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Sep 22nd, 2017

A Careless Attack on the UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria

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Sep 21st, 2017

What Can Stop the Next Black Hawk Down: Risks to Special Operation Forces in the Trump Era

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Sep 2nd, 2017

No, the U.S. Is Not Bombing ISIS Prisons on Some Theory Prison Labor Contributes to ISIS’s Economy

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Aug 8th, 2017

U.S. Secrecy and Transparency in the Use of Lethal Force

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Jun 13th, 2017

Delegating Commander-in-Chief Powers–Where to strike the balance

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May 30th, 2017

Changes to Rules of Engagement Approval Levels and Civilian Casualties

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May 1st, 2017

U.S. Military Justice and “Operational Mishaps”: A Primer

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Apr 24th, 2017

Making Sense of the Allegations that U.S. Military Struck a Mosque in Syria

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Apr 21st, 2017

The Importance of Protecting Civilians—Through Law, Strategy, and Tactics

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Apr 4th, 2017

ISIS Tactic of “Baiting” US-Coalition to Kill Civilians–and who bears responsibility

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Mar 31st, 2017

What Explains the Rise in Civilian Casualties in US Military Ops–Iraq, Syria and Elsewhere

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Mar 27th, 2017

Targeting Yemen and the Repeal of Obama Constraints

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Mar 13th, 2017

Correcting the Record—Further Thoughts on the Intelligence Report on Civilian Casualties

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Feb 27th, 2017

Reasons to Distrust Intelligence Report on Civilian Casualties

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Feb 23rd, 2017

A Just Security Debate!—What’s With the Criticism of the DNI Report on Civilian Casualties?

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Feb 22nd, 2017

How Trump’s Team Can Use Obama’s Counterterrorism Playbook to Defeat al-Qa’ida and ISIL

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Feb 21st, 2017

A Just Security Debate!—What’s Wrong with the DNI Report on Civilian Casualties

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Feb 7th, 2017

The Recent Ground Raid in Yemen–What the Public is Entitled to Know

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Feb 6th, 2017

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