Revisiting the UK’s 2011 Rescue of Nationals from Libya. Part II
22.04.2026
The first part of this post articulated non-violent evacuation operations (NVEOs) as a specific legal category of rescue operations that are defined negatively – as those rescues which do not...
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Revisiting the UK’s 2011 Rescue of Nationals from Libya. Part I
22.04.2026
In 2011, the UK, Germany and (seemingly) the Netherlands launched targeted rescue operations to rescue their nationals (before the passing of UNSC Resolution 1973, which authorised “all necessary measures [short...
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The U.S. Strikes Against Venezuela and the Credibility of the Anti-Aggression Norm
06.01.2026
In the early hours of 3 January 2026, the United States conducted an operation involving strikes against Venezuelan targets. In an apparent escalation, President Nicolás Maduro was captured and removed...
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Oh Self-Defence, Where Art Thou?
04.07.2025
On 7 May 2024, India conducted airstrikes across the Line of Control, claiming it was acting in response to a terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The operation was termed Operation Sindoor. The...
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Targeting the Assets of the Russian Central Bank
22.04.2024
In response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, western States have frozen around €250bn worth of assets of the Russian Central Bank (RCB). More than two years after the invasion, scholars...
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Just Like Ukraine, But Worse?
11.04.2023
Since the summer of 2022, the Chinese government has begun large-scale military drills and missile tests in the area around Taiwan - these exercises continue to this day. Those drills,...
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Wofür kämpfen?
25.07.2022
Der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ist zu einem Zermürbungskrieg im Osten des Landes geworden. Seine Fortdauer kostet jeden Tag unzählige Menschenleben. Dennoch zeigt sich gerade in Hinblick auf die...
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