Year in Review – 2023

Year in Review – 2023

Year in Review – 2023 2023 has witnessed not only a continuation of ongoing conflicts, including those in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh, but also the emergence of new hostilities. A notable addition to the global security landscape was the renewed armed conflict...
Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC

Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC

Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC The International Criminal Court (ICC, or the Court) first accepted digital evidence in a legal proceeding in 2013 during the prosecution of Al Faqi Al Mahdi for ordering the destruction of the Timbuktu shrines and mosques in...
U.S. AFRICOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM Legal Conference 2023

U.S. AFRICOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM Legal Conference 2023

U.S. AFRICOM, CENTCOM, EUCOM Legal Conference 2023 In April 2023, three geographic combatant commands, U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), and U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) joined efforts to conduct the “ACE” Legal Conference, the...
U.S. Support to the ICC (in AI-Generated Iambic Pentameter)

U.S. Support to the ICC (in AI-Generated Iambic Pentameter)

U.S. Support to the ICC (in AI-Generated Iambic Pentameter) I never imagined I would submit for publication a poem from Chat-GPT about U.S. policy toward the International Criminal Court (ICC). But that is what I am doing today. The background is as follows. Each day,...
Balloons are Not Always Joyful: The Legality of Downing the Chinese Spy Balloon

Balloons are Not Always Joyful: The Legality of Downing the Chinese Spy Balloon

Balloons are Not Always Joyful: The Legality of Downing the Chinese Spy Balloon On January 28, 2023, a Chinese high-altitude balloon (HAB) entered U.S. airspace near Alaska and, after transiting Canadian airspace, continued its voyage from the west to the east coast....
Ukraine Symposium – Field-Modified Weapons under the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Field-Modified Weapons under the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Field-Modified Weapons under the Law of War Combatants in armed conflict may choose to modify weapons in the field for a variety of reasons. They may modify them to improve their reliability. They may alter them to increase their range or accuracy....