A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

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...
The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space

The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space

The Legality of Intermingling Military and Civilian Capabilities in Space The United States’ practice of intermingling national security space functions with commercial space capabilities and services has come under fire. Professor David Koplow, in an article entitled...
Ukraine Symposium – The Risk of Commercial Actors in Outer Space Drawing States into Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – The Risk of Commercial Actors in Outer Space Drawing States into Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – The Risk of Commercial Actors in Outer Space Drawing States into Armed Conflict Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the satellite communications firm Viasat confirmed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that is suspected to...
New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations

New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations

New Edition of The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations The Stockton Center for International Law (SCIL), U.S. Naval War College (NWC), recently completed a 2-year effort, in coordination with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard, to...
Putin and Xi’s Pact for Outer Space

Putin and Xi’s Pact for Outer Space

Putin and Xi’s Pact for Outer Space On the eve of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on entering a new era of international relations—including in outer space. The...