Tuesday, May 7, 2024
4 PM ET
Knafel Center OR Online on Zoom
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
According to international law, civilians should never be deliberately targeted in battle. This basic principle is how the West has historically distinguished between good and bad actors in conflicts like those in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the Middle East—between “lawful” violence and that of terrorists. In this talk, Radcliffe Fellow Matthieu Aikins will share his research, experience, and reporting to ask when, or whether, warfare is legal and moral. Aikins has been reporting from Afghanistan since 2008 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 2021 as part of a New York Times team investigating civilian casualties from US airstrikes.
Registration Link: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2024-matthieu-aikins-lecture