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Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
| Dec 8, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Maritime, Targeting
The Ukrainian Attacks Against Gambian-Flagged Oil Tankers in the Black Sea On October 28, 2025, Ukrainian so-called “Sea Baby drones” attacked two Gambian-flagged oil tankers, the Kairos and Virat. Whereas the vessels were severely damaged, no casualties were...
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James Kraska
| Jun 11, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Maritime
A Map to the Second Edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare The U.S. Naval War College has recently published its second edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare as volume 105 of International Law Studies (ILS), sometimes referred to...
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Caroline Tuckett
| Mar 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Maritime, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Sunk in Battle but the War is Not Over: Who Owns the Moskva Now? The study of underwater cultural heritage, and that of sunken warships, has typically focussed on the legal protections surrounding a site in the years, or often centuries, after the...
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Yusuke Saito
| Jan 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers The year 2024 was a time of increasing instability for global security. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has resurrected the specter of a world war, in which North Korea is also involved. Perhaps related to...
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Martin Fink
| Jan 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Maritime
Year Ahead – Gearing Up for Possible Naval Conflict Editors’ note: We are pleased to announce that Articles of War has recently added several thematic editors to our staff. Each editor has contributed a post to this year’s Year Ahead series with thoughts on issues or...
