Finland, Territorial Security, and Anti-personnel Mines

Finland, Territorial Security, and Anti-personnel Mines

Finland, Territorial Security, and Anti-personnel Mines This post outlines select international weapons law obligations of Finland relating to anti-personnel mines against the backdrop of its evolving national security situation. It identifies an array of legal,...
Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence

Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence

Joint Operations in the Legal Environment: A Framework for Legal Competition, Expanded Maneuver, and Deterrence This post introduces the concept of joint operations in the legal environment (OLE) and argues that the Department of Defense (DoD) should implement OLE to...
The Baltic Sea Cable-Cuts and Ship Interdiction: The C-Lion1 Incident

The Baltic Sea Cable-Cuts and Ship Interdiction: The C-Lion1 Incident

The Baltic Sea Cable-Cuts and Ship Interdiction: The C-Lion1 Incident According to widely held Russian perceptions, Russia is at war with NATO. In September 2024, Vladimir Putin stated that lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range NATO missiles to attack...
Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention Responses to States that commit atrocities against their own people have long eluded international law. Some have pinned hopes on the concept of “humanitarian intervention,” whereby a State...
Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Cyber Operations are Thriving in the Grey

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Cyber Operations are Thriving in the Grey

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Cyber Operations are Thriving in the Grey Editors note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Mitt Regan and Aurel Sari’s recently published book Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The Challenge...