The last two weeks have primarily grappled with the implications of the Chişinău Declaration, along with Israel’s continued policies concerning occupied Palestine: the establishment of ad hod military…

Recent efforts by the United States to interdict Iranian oil shipments in distant waters have extended well beyond the Persian Gulf. These operations have included the interception…

The Legal Novelty of the Proposal  International commentary on the Strait of Hormuz crisis has focused, understandably, on the lawfulness of Iran’s closure. The more legally significant…

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong. In a time of exceedingly complex problems, the last few weeks have seen some…

Yesterday, the UK Government announced a significant change in its policy of allowing the United States to use British military bases during its war on…

This post assesses the legality of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz from the perspective of the law of armed conflict at sea. In the context of…