Author: Kerry-Luise Prior
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From ‘Lawfare’ to ‘Lawcraft’: Law in the Service of Contemporary Statecraft and Foreign Policy
By Francisco Lobo This year the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy held the “2021 McCain Conference: The Ethics of Intelligence and Grey Zone Operations.” The last session of the Conference was devoted to the topic of ‘Lawfare.’ Despite enjoying doctrinal recognition in contemporary literature, this portmanteau combining the words “law”…
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Peace versus Justice in Colombia
By Kerry-Luise Prior This article elaborates on the discussion around peace versus justice within the setting of the Colombian armed conflict. To begin with, it is important to look at the extent and the context of the conflict. The first section of the chapter lays out the scale of the conflict, in terms of numbers…
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Book Review of Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Times of War by Mila Dragojević
By Melina Ackermann All too often, scholars have explained mass atrocities by looking primarily at the macropolitical circumstances. But how do those broader social dynamics translate to heightened levels of violence in formerly peaceful neighbourhoods? Mila Dragojević addresses this question by looking into what she terms ‘amoral communities’. During conflict, amoral communities are created on…