Faculty Publications

For nearly as long as human have engaged in organized violence, there have been attempts to fashion normative architectures to constrain and limit it.

Freed from the stalemate that resulted from opposing bipolar superpowers wielding off-setting veto power in the United Nations Security Council, the enforcement regime envisioned by the drafters of the UN Charter in 1945 is slowly becoming a reality.

Among the major western military powers, the United States is distinguished by non-participation in various core legal regimes governing armed conflict.

Despite ongoing debate about the existence, or lack thereof, of a "revolution in military affairs, It is undeniable that 21st century warfare will differ dramatically from that which characterized the 20th.

In this conversation, Capt. [Tom] Culora discusses the value of directed student research, how the fleet can leverage hybrid research groups, and how to identify what is most worth studying.

The article examines the legal context surrounding in-kind responses to hostile cyber operations conducted by, or otherwise attributable, to a State.

In this article, we briefly examine what the duty entails under both treaty law for States Parties and customary law for all States.

On October 24, 2020, following Honduras’ ratification, the UN announced the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) would enter into force on January 22, 2021.

In late January, the United States replaced the Obama Administration’s 2016 landmine policy, which was first introduced in 2014. That policy had proscribed the use of antipersonnel landmines beyond the Korean peninsula.

On July 9, 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions released a report on the legality of targeted killing by drone strikes. The backdrop for the report is the U.S. strike against Qasem Soleimani on January 2, 2020. And, in fact, although the report frames its contents in more general terms, it includes an extended case study on the legality of the Soleimani strike.