Large Constellations of Small Satellites: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Illegal

by David A. Koplow | May 19, 2024 | Main Articles, Volume 15

David A. Koplow [*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The most exciting and far-reaching contemporary developments regarding human activities in outer space arise from the recent drastic reductions in the costs of building, launching, and operating...

Performative Economic Sanctions: How Sanctions Work Without Economic Harm

by Katniss Xuejiao Li | May 19, 2024 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Katniss Xuejiao Li[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] This Article proposes and develops a concept of performative economic sanctions, challenging the traditional notion that sanctions must inflict eco- nomic harm to be effective. It examines the...

How Private Actors Are Impacting U.S. Economic Sanctions

by Maryam Jamshidi | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Maryam Jamshidi[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Economic and trade sanctions are typically understood as the exclusive province of governments and intergovernmental organizations. Private parties have, however, long played a role in sanctions regimes....

The Concept of “The Human” in the Critique of Autonomous Weapons

by Kevin Jon Heller | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Kevin Jon Heller[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The idea that using “killer robots” in armed conflict is unacceptable because they are not human is at the heart of nearly every critique of autonomous weapons. Some of those critiques are...

How the Erosion of U.S. War Powers Constraints Has Undermined International Law Constraints on the Use of Force

by Oona A. Hathaway | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Oona A. Hathaway[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic decline in the capacity of the U.S. Congress to constrain the president’s unilateral decisions to send the United States to war. That erosion of...