"A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that some types of wounds – such as burns or injuries to legs – were more common among civilians in Gaza than among US soldiers fighting in recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

“Reparations are not just about money; they are a formal recognition of the harm and a vital final step toward a full stop for survivors. When this crucial component is absent, the so-called ‘accountability process’ reveals itself as little more than an elaborate exercise in futility” aje.io/mf9pm7

The first Australian SAS veteran to be charged with the murder of an Afghan civilian or prisoner—out of two dozen the Brereton report found there was enough evidence to make it worth pursuing charges—has begun his trial process. (He shot an unarmed man three times in the head on video.)

My government is imposing sanctions on a UN mandate holder for doing her job, including calling on the ICC to do its job: holding perpetrators of international crimes accountable for their actions. This is behavior worthy of a crime family, not a member of the United Nations.

It's out! The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social. We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

More than 400 people in Gaza have now been killed trying to reach food at sites run by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’. “The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence,” says Jonathan Whittall, UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA). news.un.org/en/story/202...

'The scale of the campaign resulted in an unprecedented level of civilian casualties per incident. During Operation Rough Rider, Airwars documented more incidents with higher numbers of casualties per strike than in any other U.S. campaign'. trump-yemen.airwars.org/operation-ro...

The death toll of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to this investigation, includes 266 entire nuclear families (two parents and their children) of three, 192 entire nuclear families of four, 171 of five, 121 of six, 50 of seven, 17 of eight, 10 of nine, 3 of eleven, and 1 of fourteen.

“There is nothing left to bomb. The missiles are worth more than the buildings they’re hitting". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

always read @jessicawhyte.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/religion/as-...

'The tactics being pioneered in Gaza – complete information blackouts, attacks on journalists with impunity – risk becoming the new normal unless the international community wakes up to what’s at stake'. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporte...

"A UK Special Forces officer personally rejected 1,585 resettlement applications from Afghans with credible links to special forces, newly released documents say". www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

When the U.S. and Israel Bomb the Houthis, Civilians Pay the Highest Price www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

State’s Program for Responding to Civilian Harm Caused by American Weapons Falls Short, But Should Not Be Abandoned at www.justsecurity.org/113384/civil...

A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.

'US airstrikes are appearing to kill and injure civilians in Yemen at an alarming rate... This is happening under a Trump administration that has loosened policy constraints on the use of force and... marginalize[d] Pentagon offices charged with mitigating civilian harm' aoav.org.uk/2025/civilia...

'After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss whether either action resulted in multiple civilian casualties or if either strike was militarily justified'. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

'LSCO lawyers have been arguing that the laws of war are far more permissive than many of their peers and the public seem to appreciate...' www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

'Such a “serious disregard” for life calls into question the Trump administration’s ability to conduct military operations “in accordance with U.S. best practices for civilian harm mitigation and international law,” the senators told Hegseth'. www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Really excited to see the first review of Weaponizing Civilian Protection. intimacies-of-remote-warfare.nl/publications...

"Haaretz said, soldiers fired continuously at the vehicles for three and a half minutes from close range despite the aid workers’ attempts to identify themselves" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

'Assessing the toll of the month-old U.S. airstrike campaign has been difficult because the military hasn’t released information about the attacks, including what was targeted and how many people were killed' abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

"Google is now powering state violence across the globe, and the severity of the harm being done is rapidly escalating," writes Emma Jackson, a Google employee speaking out for the first time.

Pete Hegseth Is Gutting Pentagon Programs to Reduce Civilian Casualties theintercept.com/2025/04/15/p...

'Robust investigatory practices that prioritise civilian protection can help challenge current patterns of denial and reinterpretation of IHL, reinforcing protection and accountability in an era of escalating threats to civilians'. www.ejiltalk.org/harnessing-m...

'One of the key findings in the Sorgdrager Commission report was that the Dutch military conducted the strike on Hawija despite having access to no intelligence of their own, [and] no Dutch intelligence capability to verify American information'. www.justsecurity.org/109817/nethe...

🔽 Just on compensation, about ten times as much in fact

'The Ministry of Defence has admitted it has no dedicated unit to investigate civilian deaths caused by British military operations – an omission that critics say reveals the UK’s failure to take responsibility for the human cost of its wars' aoav.org.uk/2025/mod-adm...

At least 23 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike which hit a block of flats in Northern Gaza. Hospital staff said eight women and eight children were among the dead, while rescue teams are still searching the rubble for any survivors. www.channel4.com/news/israeli...

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Climate change on a fluid earth: The movement of matter in the spaces of global politics" by Ebony Young is now available #OpenAccess! 📜➡️ buff.ly/5P4We7I

'Confidential damage assessments say the bombing is consistently heavier than strikes conducted by the Biden administration, and much bigger than what the Defense Department has publicly described'. U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...

Israel bombs a health clinic killing 19 people, while announcing plans to “seize” Gaza’s territory. The Guardian reports that “the IDF said in a statement it had taken precautions to avoid civilian casualties”. While knowingly bombing a health clinic! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The War on Nature in Ukraine – "Fires and smoke foul the air. Toxins seep into the earth and water. Habitats for wildlife disappear. Experts call it ecocide" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Excited that my copy of @whitproject.bsky.social's "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" has made it to New Zealand. And just in time for my Introduction to Global Politics course!

“I was able to see three bodies when they were transferred to the Nasser hospital. They had bullets in their chest and head. They were executed. They had their hands tied,’’ Farra said. “They tied them so they were unable to move and then they killed them.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Must read from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social: "First, [the repressive techniques] are used against those who are seen as inferior; then, they are deployed even against those citizens with full rights and privileges if they dare to question authority." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Two decades after the US-led invasion and almost a decade after the occupation of the city by ISIS, the enduring health effects of war are still evident" aje.io/lba0h7

“The shells are falling among us and the bullets are [flying] above us,” said Amal Nassar, also displaced. “The elderly have been thrown into the streets. An old woman was telling her son, ‘Go and leave me to die.’ Where will we go?” www.latimes.com/world-nation...

My reading list for this spring: insights offered by @tom-gregory.bsky.social, @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social, @abarder.bsky.social and @margaretomara.bsky.social promise particular relevancy these days!

"Over the weekend, the United States carried out numerous airstrikes on locations across Yemen. The strikes began on Saturday 15 March and have so far killed at least 53 people and injured 98 more, including women and children" aoav.org.uk/2025/yemen-a...

“Our analysis shows the number of casualties is far beyond anything we have seen from comparative air campaigns in the last decade,” says Emily Tripp, the director of Airwars, which has monitored the impact of bombing campaigns in wars for more than 10 years. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

‘When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future.’ Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The landmine ban was heralded for decades as exemplary success story of weapon prohibition thru intl agreement & norm-setting, eliding fact that states complied only where militarily convenient (e.g. US excluding Korea from commitments). We are seeing right now fragility & contingency of this norm.

Here is a video of our recent @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox on painting the politics of drones. Kathryn is both a visual artist and a scholar with a Ph.D. who explores the links between technology, security and militarization. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

300 Gazans killed by Israeli air strikes. The direct genocidal violence ramps up again with impunity www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

‘Many of the men perceived to be business and technology visionaries were lucky beneficiaries of the end of the Cold War and the public funding of technological innovation.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on Masayoshi Son, founder of Soft Bank: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

RIP Sandra Harding.

3 fully funded Phds in peace and conflict studies: www.coventry.ac.uk/research/res...

"Ice Geographies" by Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social centers ice to critically study racialization, land dispossession, and Indigenous knowledge production about icy places, both historically and in the modern moment of climate change. Read the intro for free now! #Environment buff.ly/f7H5UuR