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...
Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law

Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law

Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law Recent Russian conduct on the world stage—and less metaphorically, on the territory of Ukraine—has been appalling. Violations of international law (such as acts of aggression and unlawful support for...
Closing the Turkish Straits in Times of War

Closing the Turkish Straits in Times of War

Closing the Turkish Straits in Times of War On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic as independent States and purportedly deployed Russian “peacekeeping” troops to...
The UN Soleimani Report and the U.S. Article 51 Notification

The UN Soleimani Report and the U.S. Article 51 Notification

The UN Soleimani Report and the U.S. Article 51 Notification   On July 9, 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions released a report on the legality of targeted killing by drone strikes. The backdrop for the report is the...