Mitt Regan (@MittRegan) profile picture

Scholar on international law, national security, human rights, military ethics, ethics of war and peace

Joined September 2014
Proud to announce that Georgetown Law's Center on National Security has been chosen by the US State Department, EU, and UK to lead assistance to Ukraine in prosecuting war crimes and atrocities committed during the current conflict: law.georgetown.edu/news/geor…
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Pleased to mention a new article co-authored with colleagues: Algorithmic Bias and Risk Assessments: Lessons from Practice link.springer.com/content/pd…
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Here is an excellent discussion by my colleague Todd Huntley of the US targeting process, the role of military lawyers in it, and how the US can do better in reducing civilian casualties: lawfareblog.com/airstrikes-c…
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Here are my thoughts on the impact of the strike against al-Zawahiri last week, based on the findings in my recent book on the effects of US drone strikes on al- Qaeda. Glad to have the opportunity to contribute to Professor Dunlap's Lawfire blog: sites.duke.edu/lawfire/2022/…
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Thanks to the Lieber Center for the opportunity to discuss the legal implications of my findings on the impacts of drone strikes in my new book Drone Strike: Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing: lieber.westpoint.edu/drone-s…
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I provided a summary of my new book on the impacts of drone strikes yesterday for West Point's Modern War Institute. Very glad the reach the audience for MWI and the Irregular Warfare Initiative. @IrregWarfare mwi.usma.edu/do-targeted-str…
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Here is a just-published thorough and insightful debate in the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism between premier terrorism experts Dan Byman and Asfandyar Mir on the current nature and scope of the threat from Al Qaeda: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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New volume I've co-edited on National Security Intelligence and Ethics, featuring contributions by academics, as well as by distinguished experts and members of the intelligence community: amazon.com/National-Security…
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Happy to say that my new book is out, Drone Strike: Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing. First comprehensive review and assessment of the empirical research on the impacts of targeting on terrorist groups, civilian casualties, and local populations: amazon.com/Drone-Strike%E2%8…
Thoughtful interview with philosopher Shannon Vallor on virtue ethics, technology, and AI on the Carnegie Council podcast series on AI & Equality: carnegiecouncil.org/studio/m…
Peter Bergen's new biography of Osama bin Laden out today: nytimes.com/2021/08/03/books…