Can Japan send the SDF to Hormuz? The key will be how Tokyo classifies the current situation – but that is complicated by the ...

Under Article 51 the precise scope of the self-defence exception has been the subject of considerable debate in judicial interpretation. The judgment of the International Court of Justice in Military ...

The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being self-defence in response to an a ...

Anticipatory self-defence in Jewish political thought begins there. It cannot be settled by repeating the language of ...

Question: President Cyril Ramaphosa has pointed out that ‘anticipatory self-defence’ is not permitted under international law. Does South Africa believe the US-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal?

It occurs to me that, according to the Bush doctrine of "pre-emptive self-defense," Iraq would be perfectly justified in attacking the United States. Am I alone in thinking that this entire business ...

It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing involvement in the illegal war being waged on Iran by Israel and the United States will serve that purpose. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the great ...