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May 29, 2026, 7:14 PM

How Legal Stigma Shapes UN Politics on Israel

The Office of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has reportedly decided to place Israeli armed and security entities on the United Nations list of parties “credibly suspected” of conflict-related sexual violence. The reported decision concerns allegations primarily associated with...

May 14, 2026, 9:46 PM

Iran and the Limits of Classical Warfare

Introduction: A Naval Superpower at Strategic Impasse After forty days of sustained confrontation around Iran, the United States finds itself in a familiar but deeply uncomfortable strategic position. American naval forces remain deployed across the Persian Gulf and surrounding maritime...

Apr 25, 2026, 11:37 AM

Civilian Maritime Obstruction and International Law: The Global Sumud Flotilla

The reported actions of the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean – where a coordinated group of civilian vessels allegedly sought to obstruct or influence the navigation of a commercial cargo ship – bring into sharp focus the limits...

Apr 14, 2026, 1:19 AM

The Strait of Hormuz and the Legal Threshold of War

A Turning Point: From Diplomacy to Confrontation Following the failure of the Islamic Republic of Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – set as a precondition for negotiations in Islamabad – the President of the United States announced that...

Apr 4, 2026, 11:46 PM

France’s Hidden Ambitions in a Multipolar World Order

France’s posture in the current Iran crisis is widely described as principled restraint – an insistence on the primacy of the UN Charter and a rejection of expansive authorizations of force absent clear Security Council consensus. That description is...

Apr 1, 2026, 9:05 PM

NATO Under Strain: The Iran Crisis Exposes Europe–US Strategic Divides

A new fault line is emerging within NATO. As tensions escalated in 2026 over US and Israeli operations targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran and the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, European allies responded with a clear...

Mar 22, 2026, 3:58 PM

The Military Intervention in Iran

(UN Security Council www.un.org/en/ccoi/security-council-chamber)

The debate in the West over military intervention in Iran is often reduced to a seemingly simple question: Is it permitted under international law? The traditional interpretation of the United Nations Charter suggests that the use of force is...

Mar 20, 2026, 10:31 PM

The Genocide Case Against Israel

International Court of Justice (www.icj-cij.org)

When a case comes before the International Court of Justice, it must be assessed through the discipline of law, not the volatility of political language. The current genocide proceedings against Israel test that discipline by placing one of the...

About Me

Ambrogino Awesta is a legal scholar and author, holding a doctorate in law with a focus on international legal frameworks and their societal impact. His academic and professional work spans a range of disciplines, including international and European law, human rights, political communication, and philosophy of law.