Deterrence Doesn’t Fly in Space: Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space as a Threat of Force

Deterrence Doesn’t Fly in Space: Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space as a Threat of Force

by | May 2, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Space Law, Use of Force

Deterrence Doesn’t Fly in Space: Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space as a Threat of Force In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt on Friday April 12th, NATO Secretary-General Rutte expressed concern regarding the potential deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in...
Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict

by | Jan 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law

Ukraine Symposium – The Budapest Memorandum’s History and Role in the Conflict Last month of 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, part of an agreement by which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in return for security assurances...
An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

by | Feb 16, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Weapons Law

An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty On November 2, 2023, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing the country’s ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This multilateral treaty prohibits...
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...
Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

by | Sep 30, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Other Bodies of Law

Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Touted as an effort to “reframe the debate on nuclear weapons,” the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has currently accumulated 66 ratifications, a little over a year...