Modern Warfare Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law
To bridge the widening gap between the theory and practice of the law, Modern Warfare brings together both scholars and practitioners who offer unique, and often divergent, perspectives on four key challenges to the law's legitimacy: how to ensure compliance among non-state armed groups; the proliferation of private military and security companies and their use by humanitarian organizations; tensions between the idea of humanitarian space and counterinsurgency doctrines; and the phenomenon of urban violence. Read more.
Modern Warfare is the outcome of "On the Edges of Conflict", a collaboration with the Canadian Red Cross.
The TSAS Summer Academy is a week-long program for graduate, post-doctoral students and junior policy makers in government, running July 21st – July 26th, ...
21 Jul 2013 8:00 AM
The TSAS Summer Academy is a week-long program for graduate, post-doctoral students and junior policy makers in government, running July 21st – July 26th, ...
21 Jul 2013 8:00 AM
To bridge the widening gap between the theory and practice of the law, Modern Warfare brings together both scholars and practitioners who offer unique, and often divergent, perspectives on four key challenges to the law's legitimacy: how to ensure compliance among non-state armed groups; the proliferation of private military and security companies and their use by humanitarian organizations; tensions between the idea of humanitarian space and counterinsurgency doctrines; and the phenomenon of urban violence. 
