United States Transfers Depleted Uranium Rounds to Ukraine: The Legal Issues
by Michael N. Schmitt, Kevin S. Coble | Sep 18, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
United States Transfers Depleted Uranium Rounds to Ukraine: The Legal Issues On September 6, the United States announced it was sending 120 mm depleted uranium armor-piercing tank rounds to Ukraine for use in the 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks to be delivered this fall. In...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What Was Left Unsaid for Cyber Operations
by Emily E. Bobenrieth | Sep 14, 2023 | 2023 DoD Manual Revision, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What Was Left Unsaid for Cyber Operations Since the long-awaited update to the Department of Defense (DoD) Law of War Manual, there has been no shortage of commentary and scholarship surrounding the new amendments. While updates to the...
Military Aid to Russia and International Law
by Michael N. Schmitt | Sep 12, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Military Aid to Russia and International Law North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is in Russia to discuss military support, including supplying artillery shells and rockets, for Russian operations against Ukraine. In the past, North Korea has supplied the Wagner Group...
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea
by John C. Tramazzo, Ian Santicola | Sep 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea On August 12, 2023, the Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov intercepted the Turkish-owned, Palau-flagged merchant ship Sukru Okan in the Black Sea between its point of embarkation in Chalkis, Greece...