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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
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...
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Marco Sassòli
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Application of IHL by and to Proxies: The “Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk From March 2014 until 23 February 2022, Russia denied any involvement in Ukraine (other than Crimea which it has annexed). It claimed that hostilities in the Donbas were conducted by forces...
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Sean Watts
| Mar 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Are Molotov Cocktails Lawful Weapons? A frequent feature of violent riots and revolts, the Molotov cocktail has reappeared in reports of Ukraine’s preparations to resist the ongoing Russian invasion. Although undoubtedly symbolic of resolve to resist using all means...
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Eric Jensen
| Mar 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine and the Defender’s Obligations In a recent post, I expressed my concern over the ability of the modern law of armed conflict (LOAC) to continue to not only regulate hostilities, but also do it in a way that survives actual near-peer conflict. I concluded: The...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Mar 1, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Deepfake Technology in the Age of Information Warfare Prior to its invasion of Ukraine, there were speculations that Russia was planning to produce a graphic fake video showing a Ukrainian attack as a pretext for an invasion. Although this “false flag” operation did...
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Marko Milanovic
| Mar 1, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
The Russia-Ukraine War and the European Convention on Human Rights As with the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, the war between Russia and Ukraine—likely to last much longer and be far more brutal than the Georgian conflict—is fought by two States Parties to the European...
