by Liisi Adamson | Dec 30, 2022
Year in Review – 2022 2022 has been an unprecedented year for the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and for Articles of War. The full-scale international armed conflict that Russia has been waging against Ukraine since 24 February has spawned multiple LOAC issues....
by Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 14, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Classification of the Conflict(s) The threshold questions in any international humanitarian law (IHL) analysis are whether an armed conflict is underway as a matter of law and, if so, what type. They are determinative questions because the...
by Robert Lawless | Dec 9, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part II Part 1 of this post presented the factual dispute regarding Russian allegations of U.S. and Ukrainian collaboration on the development of biological weapons. It also...
by Robert Lawless | Dec 2, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part I During its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has accused the United States and Ukraine of collaborating to develop biological weapons in violation of international law. Russia’s claims...
by Luke Moffett | Nov 15, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Reparations for War: What Options for Ukraine? On 14 November, the UN General Assembly received a resolution calling for international support and cooperation on reparations for Ukraine. For thousands of years, reparations have attempted to settle...