1st Edition

International Law, Security, and Military Power US and Brazilian Perspectives

Edited By Howard Hensel, Carlos Alberto Leite da Silva Copyright 2026
372 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

372 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book contributes to our understanding and appreciation of the contemporary relevance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by analyzing and assessing the foundational norms, principles, and provisions contained within these bodies. It also explores the ways in which they inform and condition military doctrine and the planning and the execution of military... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

 Forewords

Lieutenant General Andrew Croft

Lieutenant General Stefan Egon Gracza

 Introduction

Howard M. Hensel

 PART I

THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

 Chapter 1: The Moral Heritage: The Just War Tradition and the Concept of Human Rights by James Turner Johnson

 Chapter 2: International Human Rights Law: Advancing Human Security? A Complex and Uneven Trajectory by George J. Andreopoulos

 Chapter 3: International Humanitarian Law and Aerial Bombardment: Pre-World War II by Howard M. Hensel

 Chapter 4: International Humanitarian Law and Aerial Bombardment: Post-World War II by Howard M. Hensel

 PART II

NEW DOMAINS – NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW

Chapter 5: Cyber Law by Jeffrey Biller

Chapter 6: Space Law by Tatiana Ribeiro Viana

PART III

INTERNATIONAL LAW, REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES, AND THE APPLICATION OF MILITARY POWER

 Chapter 7: International Humanitarian Law and Theory of Aerospace Power by Carlos Eduardo Valle Rosa

 Chapter 8: International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law, and the US Armed Force’s Role in Responding to Contemporary “Traditional” and “Non-Traditional” Security Challenges in South America by Michael Raming and David Lee

 Chapter 9: Refugees, Humanitarian Issues and Aerospace Power: Application of Air Power in Brazil by Carlos Alberto Leite da Silva and Gustavo Simões

 Chapter 10: International Law, the Brazilian Armed Forces, the Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters by Natasha da Silva Terres and Rodrigo Antônio Silveira dos Santos

 Chapter 11: Toward the Institutionalization of an Expanded Protection of Human Rights by Carlos Alberto Leite da Silva and Guilherme Sandoval Góes

 PART IV

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE APPLICATION OF POWER IN NEW DOMAINS

 Chapter 12: New Frontiers for the US Armed Forces: International Law and Operations in the Cyber Domain by Timothy Goines

 Chapter 13: Cyber Law and the Role of the Brazilian Air Force in the Cyber Domain by Pedro Arthur Linhares Lima and Constança Maia

 Chapter 14: New Frontiers for the US Armed Forces: International Law and Operations in Space by Theodore Richard

 CONCLUSION: The Future of International Law and Air, Space, and Cyber Defense by Julia Grignon

 

Biography

Howard M. Hensel is the Henry H. Arnold Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at the U.S. Air Force Air War College. His publications include The Law of Armed Conflict, The Legitimate Use of Military Force, and The Prism of Just War.

Carlos Alberto Leite da Silva, a retired Brazilian Air Force Colonel, is Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Aerospace Science at the Brazilian Air Force University (UNIFA) and Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research.

Kesia G. Arraes Gomes, a Brazilian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, is Deputy Head of Governance at the Brazilian Department of Veterans Affairs.

Carlos Eduardo Valle Rosa, a retired Brazilian Air Force Colonel, is Professor of Aerospace Power Theory at the Brazilian Air Force University (UNIFA).