Critical Analysis of the Eroding Threshold: Anticipatory Self-Defence and the Imperilment of IHL Integrity in the Iran-Israel Situation
Journal: The proceedings of sliit international conference on advancements in science and humanities
Year: 2025

This paper critically analyzes the doctrinal evolution of anticipatory self-defence (ASD) and its corrosive impact on the integrity of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Through a case study of the Iran-Israel situation, the authors argue that ASD has been strategically expanded from a narrow, customary law exception into a broad doctrine of preventive force. This shift, exemplified by state practices such as the "Bush Doctrine" and Israel's "Begin Doctrine, " has led to an inflation of the k