Prof Raul (Pete) Pedrozo

Prof. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo (CAPT, USN, Ret.) is the Howard S. Levie Professor on the Law of Armed Conflict, U.S. Naval War College, Stockton Center for International Law. Prior to joining the War College, Prof. Pedrozo was the Principal Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Prior to his retirement from active duty after 34 years of service, he served in numerous positions advising senior military and civilian Defense officials, including as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and senior legal advisor to Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. Prof. Pedrozo is the co-author to International Maritime Security Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013), The Free Sea: The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation (United States Naval Institute, 2018), and the forthcoming, Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press). He has an LL.M. (International & Comparative Law), Georgetown University Law Center and JD (Law), The Ohio State University College of Law.

Articles of War Posts

Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo

Securing the Maritime Domain in the Red Sea

Russia-Ukraine War at Sea: Naval Blockades, Visit and Search, and Targeting War-Sustaining Objects

Can the Black Sea Grain Initiative Continue Without Russian Participation?

Ukraine Symposium – Is the Law of Neutrality Dead?

New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations

Ukraine Symposium – Maritime Exclusion Zones in Armed Conflicts

Closing the Turkish Straits in Times of War

Seizure of the M/V Rwabee Was Consistent with International Law