Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jill Goldenziel writes & consults on security, law, & business risk. Proportionality in war does not mean balancing number of ...

In the case of Israel, proportionality does not operate as a bridge toward an exit. It operates as a permanent constraint, ...

We propose that a principle of proportionality be applied to genomic data that weighs the depth of data (what is shared) against the breadth of sharing (with whom). Broad sharing of research data is ...

The 2006 Israel-Lebanon war generated the first large-scale and systemA,A!ic references to a heretofore mostly ignored law of war concept, the doctrine of proportionality. Occasional references to ...

Distinguished chair, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is grateful for the opportunity to address the Open-Ended Working Group a second time ...

The concept, important for determining the legality of an act of war, is about weighing civilian harm against military objectives, not about achieving a balanced number of casualties. By Steven ...

Last week I noted an op-ed by Professor Laurie R. Blank, clinical professor of law and director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law, which discussed ...

Particularly as I scan the social media, the tendency to make judgments about the rights and wrongs of the current Israel-Hamas conflict on the basis of which side has had more civilians killed is ...

Vanessa Bailey, global director of IP policy at Intel Corporation, urges lawmakers to carefully balance the interests of different parties and the public when considering whether an injunction is an ...

On June 27, President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes on targets associated with Iranian-backed militias in both Syria and Iraq. The Pentagon executed similar strikes last February. On both occasions, ...

This week we’re featuring an excerpt a day from Gordon Laxer’s new book After the Sands. Today: how Canada squanders its advantage when it comes to our oil resources. Like this article? rabble is ...