Last Saturday evening, President Trump warned Iran that if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened, Iran’s power plants would be struck. However, this morning, NBC News reports that “President Donald Trump said this...
Following the sinking of the IRIS Dena, some critics claimed the attack on the Iranian warship was illegal. That struck me as plainly wrong, but I decided to consult one of the most respected...
Today we present Part II of Prof Raul (Pete) Pedrozo’s expert analysis of the law controlling the seizure of oil tankers and their cargo that you’ve been reading about. In Part I (found here)...
Today’s post by Lawfire® favorite, retired Navy Captain Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, could not be more timely given the announcement today from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). It advised that U.S. military forces launched from USS...
Can a commercial merchant ship be lawfully used as a launch platform for a surprise missile attack? Today, popular Lawfire® contributor Prof Pete Pedrozo unpacks for us some of the potential legal implications of...
Today you’ll hear about a terrific development in law of armed conflict scholarship: the recent publication of the Second Edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare. It was primarily put...
Heard about Russia’s “shadow fleet”? A few weeks ago Germany seized an oil tanker alleged to be part of it, and more recently another tanker with a murky status was boarded and detained by...
Yes, you read correctly, China is planning a deep-sea “space station”! Fortunately, we have popular Lawfire® contributor (and maritime law super-expert) Professor Raul (“Pete”) Pedrozo to explain it all to us, including some of...
Today’s post is by my friend, Dr. James Kraska, one of the world’s foremost experts in maritime law. At my invitation James wrote the essay below as an overview of his longer piece just...
Given recent headlines, you might be asking yourself how much you knew about the law of naval mines. If the answer is “not enough” today’s post is for you. Retired Navy captain (and popular...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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