by Jennifer Maddocks | Nov 4, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – State Responsibility for Non-State Actors’ Conduct The conflict in Ukraine is international in character, but it nevertheless involves numerous private individuals and groups. These include Ukrainian civilians acting to protect their...
by Marko Milanovic | Oct 19, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – The Complicity of Iran in Russia’s Aggression and War Crimes in Ukraine In recent days Russia has attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities using Iranian-made “kamikaze drones” or loitering munitions. While the EU is looking for “concrete evidence”...
by Andrew Clapham | Mar 5, 2022
On War As the invasion of Ukraine was starting, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nationals responded to the Ukrainian Special Envoy “Don’t call this a war. This is called a ‘special military operation in Donbass.’” Other Russian Ambassadors reiterated the...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 23, 2021
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part III: How May Force Be Used? Part I of this series examined when the United States may lawfully resort to force in the form of over-the-horizon (OTH) operations, a question that looms large given President Biden’s July...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 20, 2021
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part II: Where May Force Be Used? Part I of this series examined the issue of when the United States would enjoy a legal right to conduct over-the-horizon (OTH) operations. It identified three bases for such operations: UN Charter...