Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo

Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo

by | Mar 28, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo This post suggests that the United States and its allies should implement a naval quarantine to restrict the flow of Iranian weapons into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. A quarantine, unlike a...
Ukraine Symposium – Mine Clearance Operations in the Black Sea

Ukraine Symposium – Mine Clearance Operations in the Black Sea

by | Dec 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Policy, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

Ukraine Symposium – Mine Clearance Operations in the Black Sea In an Articles of War post earlier this year, Ben Rothchild and Mark Jessup addressed the under-appreciated challenges—operational, navigational, and legal—posed by the relatively extensive mine-laying...
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea

Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea

by , | Sep 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality

Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea On August 12, 2023, the Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov intercepted the Turkish-owned, Palau-flagged merchant ship Sukru Okan in the Black Sea between its point of embarkation in Chalkis, Greece...
A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

by , | Aug 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Other Bodies of Law

A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests On July 11, 2023, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Korean People’s Army (KPA) Strategic Force fired a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), North Korea’s most powerful ballistic...