Military chaplains and equivalent religious personnel under international humanitarian law 03/04/2025, Humanitarian AffairsAndrew Bartles-Smith This groundbreaking article by Andrew Bartles-Smith published in the International Review of the Red Cross (read the full article here) explores the implications ...
Ottoman Governance and Military Ethics 09/07/2024, Islamic Circles The blog post by Shadeen Ali is based on the longer article Ottoman Laws of War by the same author which forms Chapter ...
Mongol Laws of War 04/07/2024, Other Traditions This article by Dr. Samuel C. Duckett White forms Chapter 2 of The Laws of Yesterday’s Wars 3. History is not always ...
Exploring Hindu ethics of warfare: The Purāṇas 17/01/2024, Hindu Circles In this new study in the International Review of the Red Cross, Raj Balkaran and Walter Dorn supplement their 2022 paper ‘Charting Hinduism’s Rules ...
The Paradox of the Buddhist Soldier 10/01/2023, Buddhist Circles In this article, Daniel Ratheiser and Sunil Kariyakarawana examine the apparent paradox between Buddhism and the military. By drawing on canonical Buddhist teachings ...
The Buddhist Soldier: A Madhyamaka Inquiry 20/12/2022, Buddhist Circles In this article from the Buddhism and IHL project, Dharmacārin Siṃhanāda uses the dialectical logic of Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy to analyze the nature ...
Siege Warfare and the Prohibition of Intentional Starvation of Civilians: The Convergence of IHL and Buddhist Ethics 06/10/2022, Buddhist Circles Sieges and the accompanying threat of starvation are means of warfare as old as civilisation itself, and are still a depressingly common feature ...
The Bhagavad Gita and the Ethics of War 05/10/2022, Hindu Circles The Bhagavad Gita (‘the Gita’) is one of the most recognised and revered Hindu scriptures across the globe. Though often read and taught ...
Ethics of Fighting in Ancient Indian Literature 03/10/2022, Hindu Circles Among the earliest Sanskrit texts that contain explicit rules about what is allowed and disallowed in battle is the Mahābhārata. In this article, ...
Contemporary Scholarship on Warfare and Battle Ethics in the Hindu Traditions 26/09/2022, Hindu Circles In this article, respected scholar Greg Baily provides an overview of contemporary scholarship on the ethics of war in Hinduism, including recent scholarship ...
