MARWAN 1: How U.S. Central Command Transferred Seized Iranian Ammunition to Ukraine

MARWAN 1: How U.S. Central Command Transferred Seized Iranian Ammunition to Ukraine

MARWAN 1: How U.S. Central Command Transferred Seized Iranian Ammunition to Ukraine On December 1, 2022, the USS Lewis B. Puller, an expeditionary mobile base ship assigned to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, intercepted a fishing trawler, the...
The Use of Force and the International Legal System

The Use of Force and the International Legal System

The Use of Force and the International Legal System The editors of Articles of War kindly invited me to submit a short post regarding the book I co-authored with Kinga Tibori Szabó on the use of force which was recently published by Cambridge University Press under...
Securing the Maritime Domain in the Red Sea

Securing the Maritime Domain in the Red Sea

Securing the Maritime Domain in the Red Sea Since the brutal Hamas-led massacre of over 1,300 innocent Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023, Houthi rebels based in Yemen have increased their attacks on Israeli and U.S. ships in the Red Sea. A statement issued by the...
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea

Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea

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...
A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests

A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests On July 11, 2023, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Korean People’s Army (KPA) Strategic Force fired a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), North Korea’s most powerful ballistic...