Does the Law of War Still Work? Reflecting on Gaza, Ukraine, and Current Global Conflicts
Molly O'Toole
O’Toole is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who reported for the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, and the Atlantic’s Defense One, in addition to writing for the Washington Post, the New Republic, and other media, a scholar at the Wilson Center whose work has been recognized by the Livingston Awards, the National Press Club, the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Vann Newkirk II
Newkirk is senior editor at The Atlantic, and the host and co-creator of narrative podcasts Floodlines and Holy Week, 2022 Andrew Carnegie fellow, winner of a Peabody Award, named Journalist of the Year by the Washington Association of Black Journalists.
Suliman Baldo
Baldo previously directed the Sudan Democracy First Group, former UN Independent Expert on Mali and Independent Commission of Investigations in Côte d’Ivoire, former Africa Director at the International Center for Transitional Justice and the International Crisis Group, and a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.
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