by Marko Milanovic, Michael N. Schmitt | Oct 12, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – The Kerch Strait Bridge Attack, Retaliation, and International Law For some time, Ukrainian forces have threatened to attack the 12-mile Kerch Strait Bridge that links Russia and the Crimean Peninsula. Russia built the bridge following its 2014...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Aug 24, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Protected Zones in International Humanitarian Law Ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are placing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which lies in Russian-occupied territory, at great risk. Damage to the facility could be so...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Aug 8, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations On 4 August, Amnesty International released a report criticizing Ukraine for placing civilians at risk “by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated...
by Michael N. Schmitt, William Casey Biggerstaff | Aug 5, 2022
The al-Zawahiri Strike and the Law of Armed Conflict Just after daybreak on July 31, the United States killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s former deputy and the current leader of al-Qaeda. Two Hellfire missiles struck him on the balcony of his home in Kabul....
by Michael N. Schmitt | Aug 2, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Forced Civilian Labor in Occupied Territory On July 27, the Institute for the Study of War reported that “Russian occupation officials are likely leveraging food aid and other humanitarian assistance to force occupied populations to cooperate...
