Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence

Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence

Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence This post introduces the concept of joint operations in the legal environment (OLE) and argues that the Department of Defense (DoD) should implement OLE to...
The ICC Palestine Case in the Aftermath of the Arrest Warrants Decisions – Part One

The ICC Palestine Case in the Aftermath of the Arrest Warrants Decisions – Part One

The ICC Palestine Case in the Aftermath of the Arrest Warrants Decisions – Part One On November 21, 2024, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued four decisions. These deal with various legal matters arising out of the Prosecutor’s May...
Israel’s Consent, UNIFIL, and the UN Charter

Israel’s Consent, UNIFIL, and the UN Charter

Israel’s Consent, UNIFIL, and the UN Charter When discussing UN peacekeeping, issues of international law and politics are intertwined and at times become inseparable. The issue of the political or legal nature of consent arose when the de facto Malian government...
Strait Talk: Time to Exercise Navigational Freedoms in the Taiwan Strait Beyond Mere Transit?

Strait Talk: Time to Exercise Navigational Freedoms in the Taiwan Strait Beyond Mere Transit?

Strait Talk: Time to Exercise Navigational Freedoms in the Taiwan Strait Beyond Mere Transit? Last month, a Japanese naval vessel traveled through the Taiwan Strait (the Strait), a first in the history of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, along with naval vessels...
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Charts a Course for Countering China’s Legal Warfare

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Charts a Course for Countering China’s Legal Warfare

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Charts a Course for Countering China’s Legal Warfare The threat of violence looms large behind China’s campaign of “legal warfare” and Congress is taking note. Section 1284 of the Senate’s draft Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization...
When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions

When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions

When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions Lithuania has recently voted to withdraw from the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). On July 18, 2024 the State’s Parliament adopted a “denunciation law,” which means...