Mariia Vladymyrova currently stays as a visiting research scholar at Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College. During her stay, she delivered a guest lecture on competing coastal claims in the Black and Azov Seas and lawfare in Russo-Ukrainian war for the elective course “Maritime Security Law,” taught by Stockton Center team.

Lawfare is one of the most eminent challenges in today’s warfare – as strategic leveraging of legal frameworks, it serves to consolidate the narrative’s of won legitimacy and to deter opponents from making use of their legal rights. Russia has long set its track in lawfare tactics, and in her project Mariia studies how lawfare has become integral to Russian strategy and practice of deterrence at sea.

Her stay at the U.S. Naval War College was enabled by generous ERC Ritual Deterrence project funding.