by Petra Ditrichová, Veronika Bílková | Mar 15, 2022
Status of Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Legion Among other new resistance groups, Ukraine has formed an International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine (UKR Legion). There are reports that its members come from all over the world, including Canada, Japan, the...
by Geoff Corn | Mar 3, 2022
Prisoners of War in Occupied Territory It seems increasingly likely that the international armed conflict raging in Ukraine will devolve into a partial Russian occupation of large portions of Ukrainian territory. President Putin may very well declare annexation—or...
by Ronald Alcala, Steve Szymanski | Feb 28, 2022
Legal Status of Ukraine’s Resistance Forces In the lead up to Russia’s invasion, Ukraine prepared to defend its territory by, among other things, training its citizens to serve as a “resistance in waiting.” The extent to which these resistance forces have engaged...
by Steve Szymanski, Chris Koschnitzky | Jan 24, 2022
Afghanistan 2021: Reflections from the Stockton Center for International Law’s Workshop Despite over twenty years of legal analysis, many issues regarding the Afghanistan conflict remain unsettled. At a recent Stockton Center for International Law law of armed...
by Dan E. Stigall | Sep 2, 2021
Counterterrorism, Investigative Detention, and the New Global Security Environment The images of Afghan civilians clinging to crowded military planes departing Afghanistan as the Taliban reclaimed Kabul are the iconic indicia of a tectonic shift in the global security...
by Dan E. Stigall | Mar 24, 2021
Battlefield Detention, Counterterrorism, and Future Conflicts Editor’s note: The following post is part of the Articles of War Symposium on Beth Van Schaack’s book, Imagining Justice for Syria. The symposium offers a platform for the contributing experts to carry the...