by Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | May 31, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Is the Law of Neutrality Dead? The 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict has rekindled the debate about the validity of qualified neutrality during an international armed conflict. The concept is sometimes also referred to as benevolent neutrality....
by Cynthia J. Parmley, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Apr 20, 2022
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...
by Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Apr 12, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Maritime Exclusion Zones in Armed Conflicts Since the early 1900s, belligerents have established maritime zones during armed conflict to control access to broad ocean areas and to shape battlespace management. Regardless of their...
by Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Mar 3, 2022
Closing the Turkish Straits in Times of War On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic as independent States and purportedly deployed Russian “peacekeeping” troops to...
by Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Jan 10, 2022
Seizure of the M/V Rwabee Was Consistent with International Law On January 2, 2022, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) advised that Houthi rebels attacked and seized the M/V Rwabee, an Emerati-flagged cargo ship 23 nautical miles (nm) west of Yemen’s...
