American Academy of Arts & Sciences Lecture: Ethics and the Global War on Terror: Can Conflicts with Non-State Actors Be Fought in a Just Way?

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Since 9/11, the number of conflicts between states and non-state actors has increased, with isil’s declaration of an “Islamic caliphate” only the latest chapter in this history. In recent years, this growing prevalence of asymmetric warfare, as well as the employment of new military technologies, such as drones, raises new ethical questions: Should non-state actors be granted war rights under the laws of war? What are the costs–both human and monetary–of the war on terror?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

• 5:00 p.m. Reception
• 6:00 p.m. Program

American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Auditorium
136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA
Vehicle entrance: 200 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA

Panelists will include

• Gabriella Blum, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Harvard Law School
• Neta Crawford, Professor of Political Science, Boston University
• Jennifer Leaning, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights; Director, fxb Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
• Allen S. Weiner, Director, Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law; Co-Director, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford Law School