Year in Review – 2024

Year in Review – 2024

Year in Review – 2024 2024 was defined by a landscape of intensifying conflicts, continuous technological advancements (see here and here), and evolving debates over the application of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The persistent war in Ukraine, the volatile...
Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers

Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers

Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers On December 17, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant were killed in a bomb explosion outside his Moscow apartment building. The bomb...
Transboundary Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict

Transboundary Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict

Transboundary Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work, “The International Responsibility of a Belligerent State in the Event of Transboundary Environmental Damage” appearing in the...
Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 are pipelines constructed by a Russian State-controlled company called Gazprom to transport 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from the Russian Federation under the...
Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict In early September, social media users uploaded videos depicting a Ukrainian drone spewing a burning substance along a dense tree line, allegedly where Russian troops were hiding (see here, here, here,...