Author Archives: Matthew Carn

Afghanistan: International Humanitarian Law, Rules of Engagement and the Geneva Conventions

By Matthew Carn | Published: October 13, 2012

Matthew E Carn examines the law as it relates to the case of the seven Royal Marines arrested on suspicion of murder in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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Remember those that shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old

By Matthew Carn | Published: November 14, 2010

Remembrance Day is always a day that makes one particularly melancholic and not just for the most obvious reasons. In many respects Remembrance Day is meant to be a celebration rather than a time of sorrow and mourning; who can doubt the joy that many hundreds of thousands would have felt in 1918 when one of the most harrowing conflicts in modern history finally came to an end?

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Who killed Linda Norgrove?

By Matthew Carn | Published: October 13, 2010

We may never know who killed Linda Norgrove, but blame must surely lie squarely with the kidnappers rather than those who risked their lives to save her.

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Will any regime fear Western intervention now?

By Matthew Carn | Published: October 11, 2010

In the wake of the Linda Norgrove kidnap tragedy, Matthew Carn looks at the doctrine of force projection and asks if any regime now fears Western intervention.

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