The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space

The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space

by | Oct 17, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law

The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space The United States’ practice of intermingling national security space functions with commercial space capabilities and services has come under fire. Professor David Koplow, in an article entitled...
Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

by | Sep 30, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Other Bodies of Law

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...
The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage

The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage

by | Aug 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law

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...
Ukraine Symposium – Documentation and Investigation Responses to Serious International Crimes

Ukraine Symposium – Documentation and Investigation Responses to Serious International Crimes

by | Jul 13, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

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

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

by | Jul 11, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

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

by | Jun 30, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law

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...