Tyler R. Smotherman reviews Will Soper’s “Greytown Is No More!” The 1854 Razing of a Central American port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy, which looks at the cause of Greytown’s destruction and takes a critical look at the court’s subsequent ruling in Durand v. Hollins. Smotherman praises the… Continue reading Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas
Category: International Law
Influence, War, and Ethics
Beba Cibralic contends existing international law frameworks are inadequate for explaining why certain foreign information-based influence campaigns are impermissible or troublesome. Moreover, Cibralic posits the warfare paradigm is both limiting and potentially dangerous. Cibralic proposes reframing the conversation about foreign information and influence campaigns to focus not on the nationality of the speaker or the… Continue reading Influence, War, and Ethics
The Protection of Nationals Abroad and Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in Times of Crisis
Ronald Alcala and Hitoshi Nasu discuss the legal basis for conducting non-combatant evacuation operations (NEO), a type of military operation conducted in a foreign state’s territory, designed to protect and rescue the operating state’s nationals. The legality of such operations has been debated for decades, and the potentially associated legal constraints surrounding them may hinder… Continue reading The Protection of Nationals Abroad and Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in Times of Crisis