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Sep 11, 2026
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Mr. Trump, frustrated with the lack of progress, halted the operation on May fifth.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Brian Finucane, a former State Department attorney who advised on the law of war, said there are more significant civilian casualty incidents over the Rough Rider campaign than all the previous attacks during the Biden administration.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
He added that the Trump administration launched two to three times the number of strikes Biden did.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Trump was also willing to bomb targets in more densely populated areas than Biden was, he added.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Mr. Trump, frustrated with the lack of progress, halted the operation on May 5th.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Brian Finucane, a former State Department attorney who advised on the law of war, Trump was also willing to bomb targets in more densely populated areas than Biden was, he added.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
Additionally, the migrant detention facility that was bombed in April 2025 had routinely been visited by officials from the Red Cross and should have been understood by Central Command as off-limits for attack.
Chris WilhelmNARRATOR
A Defense Department report on military operations for 2025 said, acknowledged the civilian death toll from the attacks on the port and the migrant detention facility, along with a strike in Sana, the capital, on April 6th that killed five civilians and wounded 25.
Olga OlikerHOST
But as the use of technologies accelerates, the responsibility may become harder to trace, especially when things go wrong.
Olga OlikerHOST
So do these laws of war still restrain how states fight? And how can we expect this to evolve internationally? in a changing global order amidst evolving technologies? And of course, since this is a Europe-focused podcast, how is it all playing out in the Russo-Ukrainian war? To answer these very simple, easy-to-address questions, we are delighted to welcome Oana Hathaway and Brian Finucane.
Olga OlikerHOST
Oana is professor of international law at Yale Law School and a leading scholar of war and international law.
Olga OlikerHOST
Brian is a senior advisor for the U.S. program at Crisis Group, and he spent more than a decade as a State Department lawyer advising the U.S. government on counterterrorism and the use of military force.
Tess BridgmanHOST
Thanks for joining us for our sixth installment of Murder on the High Seas.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
And with us today to discuss the latest developments, what to make of the campaign at its one-year mark, and what we might see going forward are Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
Rebecca is a professor at Cardozo Law School and co-director of the Florsheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
From 2021 to 23, she was a counselor on international law in the Office of the Legal Advisor at the US State Department, where she had previously served as an attorney advisor.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
She's written extensively on matters of presidential powers, international law, and national security.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
Brian Finucane is senior advisor for the U.S. program at the International Crisis Group.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
Before that, he served for over a decade as an attorney advisor in the Office of the Legal Advisor at the U.S. State Department, where he advised the U.S. government on legal and policy issues regarding war powers and military force.
Rachel GoldbrennerHOST
Rebecca, Brian, and Tess are all senior fellows at the Reese Center on Law and Security.