New in @IntLawStudies: "Attacks on Merchant Vessels Under the Law of Economic Naval Warfare and Protection of the Marine Environment: Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War and the U.S.-Iran War," by Alexander Lott, examines recent attacks on merchant ships. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New book at @IntLawStudies: "The Second Tanker War," by James Kraska, is a special volume of International Law Studies focused on int'l law issues related to the contemporary war at sea between Iran and the United States. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New article in @IntLawStudies: In "Guardians in Orbit: Legal Justifications and Limits of Defensive Satellite Operations," Yurika Ishii examines the circumstances under which interference with a State’s satellite may be justified under international law. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New article in @IntLawStudies: "An Exceptional Model at Sea: Functionalist Targeting and the Legal Vulnerability of Maritime Civil Defense in Japan," is Kentaro Furuya's analysis of how to protect the Japan Coast Guard's civilian status in armed conflict. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies, in "Rethinking the Legal Status Quo in Cyberspace to Legally Attribute State Responsibility, and Enhance Accountability and Deterrence," Dan Efrony proposes a new framework for attributions of State responsibility for cyberattacks. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies, in "A Sovereign Peace: Reconceptualizing the Law of Sovereignty in the Taiwan Strait," Alyssa Resar argues that int'l law offers concepts to build peace in the Taiwan Strait with an elastic and capacious doctrine of “sovereignty.” digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: On March 11, Michael Lodge, the former Secretary-General of the Int'l Seabed Authority, delivered a fascinating and candid speech at the Naval War College on deep seabed mining. Find a heavily annotated version of his speech here: digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: The Levie Forum on Iran continues with another international law situation, "Internment of Belligerent Forces," by Pete Pedrozo, examining the duty of neutrals to intern belligerent forces in their territory. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: The Levie Forum on Iran continues with another international law situation, "Humanitarian Corridors," by Pete Pedrozo, examining the use of humanitarian corridors during international armed conflict. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New article in @IntLawStudies: In "What’s in a Name? Much Ado About 'War-Sustaining' Objects," Casey Biggerstaff challenges the conventional wisdom about the US position on targeting war-sustaining objects. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: The Levie Forum on Iran continues with another international law situation, "Economic Warfare at Sea," by Pete Pedrozo, examining belligerents' rights vis-à-vis enemy and neutral merchant ships during international armed conflict. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: The Levie Forum on Iran continues with an international law situation, "Blockade" by Pete Pedrozo, examining the right of belligerents to establish and enforce a blockade and visit and search merchant vessels. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: The Levie Forum on Iran opens with an international law situation, "Belligerent Straits" by Pete Pedrozo. This piece examines measures that belligerents may take to regulate navigation by shipping through international straits. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: "Unpacking Jus ad Bellum Proportionality and Examining its Relationship with the Jus in Bello in Light of the Equal Application Principle," by Jared Dass, a thought-provoking examination of an old issue. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

@IntLawStudies's volume on military AI concludes with "Battlefield Uncertainties and the Use of AI," by Tsvetelina van Benthem. The article explores the relationship between uncertainty in armed conflict, the use of AI, and international law. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: "Technology-Based Challenges to the Law Applicable to Trade Interdiction During Armed Conflict at Sea: The Law of Naval Warfare and Convoy Operations," by Rob McLaughlin: How technology affects the law applicable to convoy ops. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

New in @IntLawStudies: In "Closing the 'Extreme Circumstances' Gap: The Legality of Nuclear Weapons When the Survival of a State is in Question," Chris Hart examines what "extreme circumstances" means in the ICJ's advisory opinion. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

@IntLawStudies opens Vol. 108 with "Concurrent Regimes for the Concept of 'Common Heritage' in Seabed Mining," by James Kraska & Digvijay Rewatkar, examining unilateral deep seabed mining and its implications for the concept of common heritage of mankind. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

@IntLawStudies's volume on military AI continues: "Artificial Intelligence in the Prosecution of International Crimes," by Marta Bo examines the role of AI in supporting investigations and trials before the International Criminal Court. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…

@IntLawStudies's volume on military AI continues: “I Plead Ignorance”: Autonomous Weapons and Criminal Liability for Not Knowing the Knowable, by Jonathan Kwik, looking at the criminal law implications of AWS users being ignorant of their system's risks. digital-commons.usnwc.edu/il…