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The 3rd Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: Rule of Law in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond
Full text linkHosted annually by the Stockton Center for International Law, the Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference brings together scholars and practitioners from across the world to develop and shape international maritime law and governance. This year, we will focus on the rule of law and great power competition in the Indo-Pacific region and the Arctic Ocean, as well as exploring climate change and illegal fishing. Event | 3rd Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: Rule of Law in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond 3rd Annual Cushing Conference Flyer View this event on YouTubehttps://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cushing-conference/1003/thumbnail.jp
6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference
Full text linkThe Stockton Center for International Law is pleased to announce its 6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference, “Multi-Domain Operations in the Indo-Pacific and International Law, May 14-16, 2024.
Multi-Domain Operations are the combined arms employment of joint capabilities to create and exploit advantages, achieve objectives, and defeat enemy forces. Multi-Domain Operations make use of all available combat power from each Service to accomplish missions at least cost. This expansive approach to all-domain combat operations necessitates a similarly broadened and interdisciplinary approach to the international law governing these operations.
The 6th Annual Cushing Conference will address a broad range of issues, including the international laws applicable to naval and joint operations in the Indo-Pacific; the synchronization of special operations, cyber operations, and space operations; China and the law of armed conflict; and foreign perspectives on Multi-Domain Operations (FVEY and East Asian allies). The Stockton Center’s Cushing Conference will bring together international organizations, the global academic community, military and government attorneys, and experts in military operations from the United States, Asia, and Europe. Selected research presented at the event will be published in International Law Studies, the oldest journal of international law in the United States. Event | The 6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conferencehttps://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cushing-conference/1000/thumbnail.jp
War without Surprises—Education for Command in the People’s Liberation Army Navy
Full text linkThe PLA Navy will play a key role in any flash points and conflicts in the western Pacific. This study of professional military education for senior PLA Navy officers supplements analyses of platforms and capabilities with a look at how senior navy commanders are prepared to lead in combat
U.S. Position on the Legal Character of the Law of the Sea Convention\u27s Seabed Mining Provisions: U.S. Statement on Agenda Item 13, Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, June 25, 2025
No full textU.S. Statement on Agenda Item 13, Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, June 25, 2025, presented by Nathan Nagy, representative of the U.S. observer delegation to the 35th Meeting of States Parties to the Law of the Sea Convention, explaining the U.S. position and State practice regarding the legal character of the Law of the Sea Convention seabed mining provisions
Episode 9: Napoleon in the American Mind: How European War Shaped U.S. Strategy
No full textEpisode Nine of Strategy Matters aligns with the third case study in the Strategy and Policy Course at the Naval War at the U.S. Naval War College. In this episode, we shift our focus on the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars to explore how the military and political upheavals of 1793–1815 shaped strategic thinking in the early American republic. Although the United States stayed largely out of the European conflicts, American leaders watched them closely, and the era profoundly influenced how they understood war, strategy, and national power. Host Brendan Neagle is joined by three guests from the Strategy and Policy Department: Dr. George Satterfield, an expert on European military history, Dr. Jon Romaneski, a military historian focused on early U.S. military history, and Dr. Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, scholar of Clausewitz and co-host of Strategy Matters. The episode closes with key takeaways from each guest on Napoleon’s enduring relevance for contemporary strategic thought.
The opinions expressed on this podcast represent theviews of the presenters and do not reflect the official position of the Department of War, The US Navy, or US Naval War College.
Guests:
Dr. George Satterfield, Ph.D. holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois (2001) and an M.A. in history from Illinois State University. Before joining the Strategy and Policy Department, he taught history at the post-secondary level in New York and New Jersey. In 2006, he was a faculty member at Hawaii Pacific University, and at the same time, he won a distinguished book award for his book “Princes, Posts, and Partisans: The Army of Louis XIV and Partisan Warfare in the Spanish Netherlands, 1673-1678 (Leiden: Brill, 2003).” Professor Satterfield has expanded his interests to include modern European history, general military and naval history, counterinsurgency and NATO.
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Romaneski, U.S. Army, is a military professor in the US Naval War College’s Strategy and Policy Department. He is a U.S. Army Aviation officer whose previous command and staff positions include extensive time in Europe, the U.S. Military Academy, Fort Carson, Colorado, and Fort Cavazos, Texas. His most recent assignment was his battalion command tour in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He has a BA in history from James Madison University and a PhD in military history from the Ohio State University.
Dr. Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, Ph.D. earned a Ph.D. in history at King’s College, London. Bellinger is the author of “Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War” (Oxford University Press USA, 2015). She is the winner of the 2016 Society for Military History Moncado Prize for her article, “The Other Clausewitz: Findings from the Newly Discovered Correspondence between Marie and Carl von Clausewitz.” She is the first scholar to work with the newly discovered correspondence between the Clausewitz couple. Before transitioning to academia, Bellinger worked as a journalist and international correspondent for various European outlets.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/strategy-matters/1008/thumbnail.jp
Legal Issues Arising From the Military Use of AI-Supported Biometrics
No full textBiometrics is increasingly used by armed forces for a variety of purposes, such as access control, the registration of detainees, and increasingly also targeting. The capabilities of biometric systems are considerably strengthened when they are enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). This article analyzes legal questions that are raised by the military use of such AI-supported biometrics. It argues that relevant legal frameworks are International Humanitarian Law, international human rights law, and the right to privacy in particular, as well as data protection law. The article finds that arguably, IHL may require the use of (AI-supported) biometrics in certain situations if this capability is available. This legal regime as well as the other two contain rules and principles that limit certain uses of AI-supported biometrics in certain cases and that require certain safeguards to be put in place. In many cases such requirements can be based on more than one legal regime, suggesting that the regimes are largely complementary. Requirements flowing from the three legal regimes apply throughout the entire biometric cycle, from the design and development of a biometric system to its actual use in the field. An important finding is that during the design and development of a biometric system and at the stage of decision-making concerning its deployment, applicable law requires taking into account particular risks and taking measures to mitigate these risks
China Maritime Report No. 44: Dirty But Preparing to Fight: VADM Li Pengcheng\u27s Downfall Amid Increasing PLAN Readiness
Full text linkMain Findings Although corruption runs deep in the PLA Navy (PLAN) and across China’s armed forces, disciplinary-related removals appear not to have a major impact on naval capabilities or operations. The fight against corruption within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has General Secretary Xi Jinping’s attention and appears to be picking up steam for 2025. The Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a report on 25 December 2024 identifying Vice Admiral Li Pengcheng (李鹏程) as one of eight NPC deputies removed for “serious violations of discipline and the law.” Li was an officer on the fast track and identified early in his career by PLA press as one to watch. He had the unprecedented distinction of having command of two separate Gulf of Aden anti-piracy escort task force deployments, extensive international maritime experience, and involvement in some of the PLAN’s most significant international navy accomplishments. Li’s career and his operations in the Mediterranean Sea had the personal attention of Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi. Vice Admiral Li Pengcheng replaced Vice Admiral Ju Xinchun (鞠新春) as the Commander of the Southern Theater Command (STC) Navy roughly a year ago. Admiral Ju suffered Admiral Li’s same fate. Comparing and contrasting two consecutive PLAN STC commanders serving in the same capacity, sacked one year apart, provides a revealing dataset to analyze the impact of sacking the commander, and of corruption more broadly, on PLAN operational capabilities and how they affect the force. The PLAN may be playing high-stakes musical chairs with its leadership, but it has a deep enough talent pool to do so without prohibitive problems. When one leader is purged, another is on deck. Politicized corruption investigations and their imposition of costs are fundamentally a speedbump rather than a showstopper. Regardless of corruption’s pervasive persistence, PLAN operational capabilities continue to improve, and cutting-edge, lethal weapons systems regularly enter service. Corruption may contribute to inefficiencies, but it does not curtail PLAN advances. Related removals are neither an indicator of prohibitive incompetence nor a self-defeating constraint on operational capabilities.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/1044/thumbnail.jp