by Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov | Sep 30, 2022
Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Touted as an effort to “reframe the debate on nuclear weapons,” the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has currently accumulated 66 ratifications, a little over a year...
by William Casey Biggerstaff | Aug 3, 2022
The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage As Ukraine continues to defy early predictions of how long it can resist Russia’s invading forces, Ukraine’s partners are facing a growing dilemma. Supplies of arms and munitions critical to Ukraine’s...
by Brianne McGonigle Leyh | Jul 13, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Documentation and Investigation Responses to Serious International Crimes The armed conflict in Ukraine dates to 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. Since that time, a number of important documentation and investigation efforts began, both...
by James Kraska | Jul 11, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – The Attack on the Vasily Bekh and Targeting Logistics Ships On June 17, Ukrainian forces successfully used a U.S.-supplied Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile to attack and sink a Russian resupply ship that “almost certainly” carried weapons and...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Jun 30, 2022
Finland and Sweden Invited to Join NATO: Significance and Process On 29-30 June in Madrid, NATO held what its Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, labeled a “historic and transformative” summit. Indeed, it was. And unsurprisingly so, for as the Secretary-General...
by Chris Jenks | Jun 28, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – The Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group & Ukrainian Prosecutions of Russian POWs – Part 3 In two previous posts (here and here), I addressed guilty pleas by three Russian soldiers recently processed by two Ukrainian domestic, civilian courts. This...
