• July 28, 2014
  Is Violating "Serious Obligations" of the INF Treaty the same as its "Material Breach"?
  A few hours ago, the NY Times broke a story that the United States views Russian tests of a ground-launched missile as violating the 1987 INF treaty, formally (and lengthily) titled, "The Treaty Between The United States Of America And The Union Of ...

• July 26, 2014
  Can Israel Cut Off Water and Power to Gaza?
  That's the question at the heart of a complicated debate between a variety of IHL scholars. The debate began with a legal opinion that Avi Bell submitted to the Knesset, in which he argued that nothing in international law prohibits Israel from cutt...

• July 16, 2014
  The Man Who Would Be King, Daddy’s Little Princess, and their Territorial Claim
  There are many dads who have played make-believe with their little girls, perhaps taking the part of kindly king to his daughter's princess.  Not many people have turned this game into an international legal incident concerning state formation.  Bu...

• July 13, 2014
  Let Me Be Clear: Taiwan Should Be Defended, Even Though the Defense is Illegal
  So I managed to anger lots of folks (mostly on twitter) with my post Friday (republished in the Diplomat and RealClearWorld yesterday) on the international legal problems created by any Japanese intervention to defend Taiwan from an attack by China....

• July 10, 2014
  Why Japan Would Violate International Law If It Militarily Intervened to Defend Taiwan (But Why Japan Should Do So Anyway)
  I've been swamped with various projects and distractions here in Taiwan (mostly food-related), so I didn't notice until today this very interesting Zachary Keck post about how Japan's recent decision to re-interpret its constitutional provision to al...