NEW ISSUE from Ethics & International Affairs - Volume 40 - Issue 1 - https://cup.org/3TqYZWd Includes a Special Section: The Ethics and Experience of War
Thomas Gregory
@tom-gregory.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Politics and IR at Auckland University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Author of Weaponizing Civilian Protection: Counterinsurgency and Collateral Damage in Afghanistan https://shorturl.at/WsC02
Trump obscures military casualty numbers. Manipulating perception of US war dead has a long history. FDR did the opposite of Trump: lessening censorship of casualty photos to keep Americans engaged during WWII. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
🎉Volume 52(4) is out! 🎉 Our latest issue includes TEN new research articles which speak to questions of piracy, norms, memory and more . These articles are all free to read now, so be sure to check them out! 📚️ 👉 buff.ly/gfZsbGx
#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs - Enumerating Civilian Harm: Experience, Ethics, and Erasure - https://cup.org/4gvGDwL - @tom-gregory.bsky.social, Craig Jones, @hmkinsella.bsky.social, Nisha Shah & Lina Aburas #FirstView
'Contested Body Counts, a Missing Airman, and the (Necro)Politics of America's War in Iran' - a new blog from me now published by @ecprtheloop.bsky.social ! theloop.ecpr.eu/contested-bo...
Contested body counts, a missing airman, and the (necro)politics of America’s war in Iran
The recent rescue of a US airman from Iranian soil obscures a deeper truth. As contested casualty figures emerge from America’s war, Kandida Purnell argues that what we see, count, and mourn in war is never neutral. Rather, it is carefully governed through a longstanding necropolitical logic that shapes public perception and sustains conflict
theloop.ecpr.eu
Just released! Review of International Studies podcast - ep. six 🎉 Talking to Seb Kaempf, Thomas Gregory discusses his selection entitled Restraining War trying to grapple with the phenomenon of regulating war 🌎 Listen to the episode here! 👉 https://ow.ly/HPnf50XK6ap
Review of International Studies podcast - episode six
In the sixth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Restraining War with Thomas Gregory.
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You can also listen to @tom-gregory.bsky.social, talk to @sebkaempf.bsky.social, about his selection of key articles published in @risjnl.bsky.social which have tried to grapple with the phenomenon of regulating war. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2395572/episodes/18239755
Editor's Selection: Regulating War with Thomas Gregory - Review of International Studies – The podcast
War and the moral and legal attempts to regulate it have a long history. In this episode, Dr Thomas Gregory (University of Auckland), talks to Dr Seb Kaempf, about his selection of key articles publis...
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Restraining War - a new @risjnl.bsky.social selection by @tom-gregory.bsky.social - https://cup.org/48dqrvD cc @mybisa.bsky.social
📢 Ep1 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Protection & the Legacies of the War in Afghanistan" #Afghanistan #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚 Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉 Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟 Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
"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...
Civilian injuries in Gaza similar to those of soldiers in war zones, study finds
Wounds such as burns or leg injuries are more common in Gaza than among US soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan
theguardian.com
“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
‘Killed us twice’: Families of US drone victims seek reparations in Somalia
In letters seen by Al Jazeera, US AFRICOM admits to killing civilians in air raids, but refuses ‘condolence payment’.
aje.io
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.)
Former SAS trooper to be first Australian soldier to face war crime trial
A former special forces trooper will be the first Australian soldier to stand trial for a war crime, more than 13 years after he shot dead a villager in an Afghan field.
abc.net.au
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/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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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...
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
The top UN humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has issued a stark warning over the deepening crisis in Gaza, where civilians are being killed daily while trying to access food,...
news.un.org
'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...
Trump nearly doubled U.S. civilian casualty toll in Yemen | Airwars
The Trump administration killed almost as many civilians in Yemen in 52 days as the previous 23 years of U.S. action
trump-yemen.airwars.org
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.
The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far
The death toll from the war already dwarfs the numbers killed in previous bouts of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza over many decades.
reuters.com
“There is nothing left to bomb. The missiles are worth more than the buildings they’re hitting". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis
Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine
theguardian.com
always read @jessicawhyte.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/religion/as-...
As Gaza faces starvation, a new plan weaponises humanitarian aid — what can be done? - ABC Religion & Ethics
After blocking all food from entering Gaza for 11 weeks, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to allow a limited amount into the besieged territory — though he insists that a new militarised deliv...
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'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...
This reporter exposed the civilian toll of US airstrikes. Her warning to colleagues? Be ready for a more hostile world
“The tactics being pioneered in Gaza –blackouts, attacks with impunity– risk becoming the new normal,” says Pulitzer Prize winner Azmat Khan.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
"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....
One Special Forces officer blocked 1,585 Afghans from settling in UK - BBC News
Documents shown to court by MoD show the officer rejected every application referred to him in the summer of 2023.
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When the U.S. and Israel Bomb the Houthis, Civilians Pay the Highest Price www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...
When the U.S. and Israel Bomb the Houthis, Civilians Pay the Highest Price
nytimes.com
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...
State’s Program for Responding to Civilian Harm Caused by American Weapons Falls Short, But Should Not Be Abandoned
CHIRG could help prevent U.S. arms from being used unlawfully, and credibly respond to critics of America’s global weapons transfers.
justsecurity.org
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.
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
nytimes.com
'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...
Civilian harm in Yemen: US strikes on migrant detention centre raise fresh concerns over international law compliance - AOAV
On 28 April 2025, a US airstrike reportedly struck a migrant detention centre in Saada, northern Yemen, killing over 68 civilians and injuring dozens more. According to Human Rights Watch, the victims...
aoav.org.uk
'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...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. | Military.com
military.com
'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...
What’s Legally Allowed in War
How U.S. military lawyers see Israel’s invasion of Gaza—and the public’s reaction to it—as a dress rehearsal for a potential conflict with a foreign power like China.
newyorker.com