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Anaïs Maroonian
| Jun 29, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam: Disproportionate and Prohibited Introduction On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was destroyed causing a major humanitarian and environmental disaster. This post analyses the question of whether...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 26, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Was Russia at War with the Wagner Group? Tension has long existed between Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, a private military company that has borne the brunt of the deadliest fighting in Ukraine, and the Russian armed forces. In particular, Prigozhin has singled out...
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John C. Tramazzo
| Jun 23, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict
Sabotage in Law: Meaning and Misunderstandings On May 3, 2023, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to “assassinate” President Vladimir Putin by launching two armed drones at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia’s press service categorized the incident as a “planned...
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Laura A. Dickinson
| Jun 20, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, US-ICC Symposium
U.S.-ICC Symposium – U.S. Cooperation with the ICC to Investigate and Prosecute Atrocities in Ukraine: Possibilities and Challenges (Editor’s note: This article provides an overview of a joint symposium hosted by Just Security and Articles of War. The symposium...
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Jennifer Maddocks
| Jun 16, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, State Responsibility
Contracts Between the Wagner Group and Russia’s Defense Ministry: International Law Implications After months of infighting between Russian defense officials and the Wagner Group, the Deputy Defense Minister, Nikolai Pankov, announced on June 10, 2023, that “volunteer...
