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9 J. on Use Force & Int'l L. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/jufoint9 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL ON THE USE OF FORCE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ROUtledge 2022, VOL. 9, NO. 1, 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2022.2066348 Taylor&Francis Group INTRODUCTION Introduction to issue 9(1) I am writing this Introduction to our latest issue on 8 April 2022. As such, it is just over 6 weeks since Russia launched a large-scale, devastating invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.' The situation in Ukraine is ongoing as I write and is increasingly tragic.2 Unfortunately, tragic uses of force remain all too common in our world, as a mere glance at our famous Digest of State Practice (from any of our issues), tells us. It is very important not to focus on the terrible situation in Ukraine in a manner that is to the exclusion of other uses of force, and other human suffering, around the world.3 Equally, it is becoming clear that the international security landscape has been fundamentally altered by Russia's attack, and there is a growing sense that it is a situation - of which there are comparatively few - that could have profound and lasting implications for the entire global order.4 While it seems likely that the pages of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law will, sadly, include analysis of the invasion of Ukraine and its consequences for years to come, most of this issue was written before 24 February 2022. However, it begins with a major editorial, which was written as a rapid-response immediately after the invasion of Ukraine occurred by me and my two fellow editors-in-chief. Our editorial was finalised on 20 March 2022 and first published online six days later (i.e. two weeks ago as I now write, and almost exactly a month after the invasion began). In it, we have sought to go beyond the existing blog posts that had, to that point, emerged since the invasion began and subject Russia's ad bellum argu- ments to a rather more detailed analysis, to highlight just how baseless and cynical those claims really are. We also reflect on what the invasion might 'Russia Invades Ukraine' The Economist (24 February 2022) <www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/24/ russia-invades-ukraine> accessed 8 April 2022. 2See, e.g. Diana Roy, 'How Bad is Ukraine's Humanitarian Crisis?' Council on Foreign Relations (25 March 2022) <www.cfr.org/in-brief/ukraine-humanitarian-crisis-refugees-aid> accessed 8 April 2022; Paul LeBlanc, 'Images of Dead Civilians in Ukraine Shake the World' CNN (4 April 2022) <https://edition. cnn.com/2022/04/04/politics/ukraine-images-russia-invasion-what-matters/index.html> accessed 8 April 2022. 3See Andrew Gully (ed), 'Beyond Ukraine: Eight More Humanitarian Disasters that Demand your Atten- tion' The New Humanitarian (7 March 2022) <www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2022/03/07/ beyond-ukraine-eight-other-humanitarian-crises-raging-around-globe > accessed 8 April 2022. 4See, e.g. Tanisha M Fazal, 'The Return of Conquest? Why the Future of Global Order Hinges on Ukraine' Foreign Affairs (May/June 2022) <https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-04-06/ukraine- russia-war-return-conquest> accessed 8 April 2022. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group