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...
Ukraine Symposium – Maritime Exclusion Zones in Armed Conflicts

Ukraine Symposium – Maritime Exclusion Zones in Armed Conflicts

Ukraine Symposium – Maritime Exclusion Zones in Armed Conflicts Since the early 1900s, belligerents have established maritime zones during armed conflict to control access to broad ocean areas and to shape battlespace management. Regardless of their...
Ukraine Symposium – Unprecedented Environmental Risks

Ukraine Symposium – Unprecedented Environmental Risks

Ukraine Symposium – Unprecedented Environmental Risks Environmental damage in armed conflict is generally caused in four ways: (1) the conduct of hostilities, i.e., the use of means and methods of warfare (weapons and tactics); (2) natural resource extraction...
The War at Sea: Is There a Naval Blockade in the Sea of Azov?

The War at Sea: Is There a Naval Blockade in the Sea of Azov?

The War at Sea: Is There a Naval Blockade in the Sea of Azov? Although land operations have garnered most attention, the war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation also rages at and from the sea. During these last weeks, several merchant vessels were attacked and...