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Ethics and the Global War on Terror: Can Conflicts with Non-State Actors Be Fought in a Just Way?

Mar 8, 2017 |
Cambridge, MA
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Gabriella Blum, Allen Weiner, Jennifer Leaning, and Neta C. Crawford participate in the Q&A.

On March 8, 2017, the American Ƶ hosted a panel discussion at the House of the Ƶ in Cambridge, MA, accompanied by local discussions at The George Washington University, Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, the United States Air Force Ƶ, and the United States Military Ƶ at West Point.

The twenty-first century began with the largest and most dramatic attack by a non-state actor, and since 9/11 the number of conflicts between states and non-state actors has increased. ISIL’s declaration of an “Islamic caliphate” in Syria and Iraq is just the latest chapter in a long, intense, and enduring fight between states and non-state actors.

In recent years, as the U.S. administration began to employ new military technology in asymmetric warfare, such as drones and autonomous weapons, new concerns about the morality of targeted killing and questions of proportionality and distinction became central to the debate on fighting ethical wars in the age of a global war on terror.

Videos
Welcome & Call to Order
Jonathan Fanton
American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences
Introductory Remarks
Allen S. Weiner
Stanford Law School
Neta C. Crawford Presentation
Neta C. Crawford
Boston University
Jennifer Leaning Presentation
Jennifer Leaning
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Allen S. Weiner Presentation
Allen S. Weiner
Stanford Law School
Gabriella Blum Presentation
Gabriella Blum
Harvard Law School