Naval warfare is not lawless!
...ief legal officer, explains more about how naval blockades, neutral waters, and freedom of navigation are all governed by strict legal rules designed to limit human suffering during...
...nd Bahrain is “flawed, politically motivated” and drafted “under the pretext of freedom of navigation to advance its political agenda and legitimize unlawful actions, not to resolve...
... Fares Alrowaiei said, “the draft resolution is guided by the clear principal - freedom of navigation in accordance with the international law, as reflected in the United Nations Co...
“I am deeply concerned about the curtailment of navigational rights and freedoms in the area of the Strait of Hormuz,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said...
🇬🇧🇫🇷 Le Royaume-Uni et la #France ont renouvelé leur accord bilatéral jeudi dernier. Le but : intensifier "les patrouilles et les opérations de renseignement pour endiguer fortement les traversées
Het hoeft niet zes maanden te duren voordat een schip veilig door de Straat van Hormuz kan varen, zegt vice-admiraal buiten dienst Ben Bekkering in het radioprogramma Sven op 1.
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“Freedom is the most important value because it’s the condition in which we can affirm all the other t...
...ion of the threat or use of force applies fully at sea. Navigational rights and freedoms through the Strait of Hormuz must be respected – as affirmed by this Council’s Resolution 28...
Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said that the “responsibility for any disruption to maritime transport lies with the aggressors: the United States and its supporters. Any claim to the contrar...
Détroit d’Ormouz : le Secrétaire général plaide pour un règlement pacifique | Nations Unies
Le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, a indiqué que le détroit d’Ormouz est l’un des goulets d’étranglement maritimes les plus stratégiques au monde, avertissant qu’une perturbation pro...
Informal comments to the media by Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Foreign Minister of Bahrain, on the Security of International Maritime Navigation.
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“This issue with the Strait of Hormuz is everybody's going very big. They want fuel. They want fertilizer to get through. My personal belief is a humanitarian corridor is the easiest place to say y...
Jennifer Parker is a Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow and a former Royal Australian Navy warfare officer. Speaking with her Lowy Institute colleague Charles Lyons-Jones, she explains the condition...
“When you have drones, you can selectively threaten ships that you don't like and keep the waterway open for your own ships or for your friends' ships,” says Sebastian Mallaby, pointing to the way ...
Russian Interests in the Arctic: The Northern Sea Route
Mariia Vladymyrova (University of Copenhagen) discusses the Northern Sea Route (NSR) legal regime as an exemplary instance of Russia's use of lawfare as a tool of coercive signaling in the Arctic. ...
On 26 March, ASPI and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) hosted a public panel event exploring how China is deploying maritime coercion in the Indo-Pacific, how open-source methods can...
“It has long been known that the Strait of Hormuz is a really important chokepoint, and it’s been a major reason why U.S. officials haven’t wanted to fight a war against Iran in the past,” says CFR...
Alexander Stubb, President of Finland on President on the NATO response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking on 17 March 2026 at a Chatham House Event titled 'Finland’s president, Alex...
Tracking Russia's Ghost Fleet
Since late 2025, the US has seized ten sanctioned oil tankers tied to Russia, Venezuela, and Iran. Now, other countries are taking similar actions. CSIS experts, Max Bergmann and Jose Macias III, e...