by Sean Watts, Winston Williams | May 5, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War Decades of experience have greatly improved familiarity with, if not always fidelity to, law of war rules applicable to attacks on enemy forces. Less well appreciated is the law of...
by Sean Watts, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 4, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – A War Crimes Primer on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict More than a month into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, allegations of war crimes have proliferated from media, advocacy groups, international organizations, and even States....
by Sean Watts, Robert Lawless | Mar 25, 2022
The Law and Character of War in 2035 In fall of 2020, the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare at West Point joined a U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) multi-year study on the changing character of warfare. The study has convened three times annually since. Its purpose...
by Sean Watts | Mar 4, 2022
Siege Law Images of the million or more persons who have fled toward neighboring States highlight the tragic humanitarian impact of the ongoing armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia. However, a worse fate could await those unable to flee. Despite a slower than...
by Sean Watts | Mar 2, 2022
Are Molotov Cocktails Lawful Weapons? A frequent feature of violent riots and revolts, the Molotov cocktail has reappeared in reports of Ukraine’s preparations to resist the ongoing Russian invasion. Although undoubtedly symbolic of resolve to resist using all means...
