As all of you must be quite aware, these are some troubling times. After two years of a pandemic, we have now moved into the early stages of a potential global conflict. I live in one of the Nordic countries, and you can feel the tension. For instance, iodine tablets have been sold out at pharmacies due to nuclear accident/attack fear.
I thought to write a post regarding my opinion on the many legal aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The issues seem to grow by the day, war of aggression, self-defence, self-determination, war crimes, ICJ application, ICC investigations, and whether Russia can be removed from the UNSC (or are they even a legit USSR successor). I follow many intelligent international legal scholars who have varying opinions on the matter, and since my expertise is in Law of the Sea, I think I will back away from most of these topics. However, Turkey has flip-flopped on closing the Black Sea to Russian warships. I will do a post on that this weekend.
My Ph.D. research is still in the beginning stages. I am currently taking a swedish language class, research tools, and a research ethics class. These, especially swedish, take up a lot of my time. The spring and summer will be dedicated to my research and writing before taking courses in the fall. I plan on taking legal methods and legal theory courses.
Since my last post, I had a little book recommendation/review selected and posted to the International Law Reporter Blog. I was pretty happy with that. I have also received a funding grant from my University, which will hold me over until September.
Anyway, stay safe and healthy, everyone.
