" Margarita Konaev and Tanisha Fazal analyzed factors affecting the efficacy of international humanitarian law on the strategy of armed non-state groups, focused on the use of landmines. [read post]

Margarita Konaev of Tufts and Tanisha Fazal of the University of Minnesota examine the global effort to ban land mines and argue that groups that seek international recognition and have a strong military capacity are more likely to respect international humanitarian law and that better policies can increase the attractiveness of doing so. [read post]