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...
by James Kraska | Jun 7, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – War Sanctions Steadily Degrade the Russian Maritime Sector When Russia (re)invaded Ukraine in February, national sanctions imposed on Russian shipping companies and designated Russian-owned vessels and financial institutions began degrading...
by Yaël Ronen | May 20, 2022
Abu ‘Aram: Displacement of Persons, Displacement of Law On May 4, 2022, Israel’s Supreme Court sitting as High Court of Justice handed down its decision in HCJ 413/13 Abu ‘Aram v. The Minister of Defense. This decision granted the Israeli military authorities...
by Adam Aliano, Russell Spivak | Apr 25, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – The Montreux Convention and Turkey’s Impact on Black Sea Operations Weeks into Russia’s military campaign into Ukraine, the role homeported Black Sea maritime forces are playing is well documented. Reuters recently published a story in which...
