by Michael N. Schmitt | Mar 28, 2022
Weaponizing Food The conflict in Ukraine is threatening the world’s food system. For instance, Ukraine and Russia supply around 30% of global wheat and barley exports. And over 40% of Ukrainian wheat export goes to Africa, where food shortages are endemic. In a March...
by Ronald Alcala, Steve Szymanski | Feb 28, 2022
Legal Status of Ukraine’s Resistance Forces In the lead up to Russia’s invasion, Ukraine prepared to defend its territory by, among other things, training its citizens to serve as a “resistance in waiting.” The extent to which these resistance forces have engaged...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Feb 2, 2022
Attacking Dams – Part II: The 1977 Additional Protocols A recent New York Times report of a 2017 attack by U.S. forces against the Tabqa Dam in Syria has sparked controversy and criticism. In Part I of this series, I described reports of that incident and...
by Brian L. Cox | Jan 27, 2022
Why Binding Limitations on Autonomous Weapons Will Remain Elusive Recent calls to abandon existing and ongoing legal processes to develop regulations for autonomous weapons should be evaluated cautiously or even suspiciously. This post proposes a more productive path...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 16, 2021
Over-the-Horizon Operations – Part I: When May Force Be Used? Responding in early July to concerns about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan after two decades of war, President Biden announced, “We are developing a counterterrorism over-the-horizon...
