Ukraine Symposium – The Attack on the Vasily Bekh and Targeting Logistics Ships

Ukraine Symposium – The Attack on the Vasily Bekh and Targeting Logistics Ships

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...
Finland and Sweden Invited to Join NATO: Significance and Process

Finland and Sweden Invited to Join NATO: Significance and Process

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...
Ukraine Symposium – The Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group & Ukrainian Prosecutions of Russian POWs – Part 3

Ukraine Symposium – The Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group & Ukrainian Prosecutions of Russian POWs – Part 3

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...
Ukraine Symposium – War Sanctions Steadily Degrade the Russian Maritime Sector

Ukraine Symposium – War Sanctions Steadily Degrade the Russian Maritime Sector

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...
Abu ‘Aram: Displacement of Persons, Displacement of Law

Abu ‘Aram: Displacement of Persons, Displacement of Law

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...
Ukraine Symposium – The Montreux Convention and Turkey’s Impact on Black Sea Operations

Ukraine Symposium – The Montreux Convention and Turkey’s Impact on Black Sea Operations

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...