Incidents at Sea in US Diplomacy and International Law

James Kraska (Commander, US Navy, Ret.) is Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law and Chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College as well as Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization at Harvard Law School. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo (Captain, US Navy, Ret.) is the Howard S. Levie Chair on the Law of Armed Conflict at the U.S. Naval War College, Stockton Center for International Law. He is also the Executive Editor of International Law Studies (ILS) (U.S. Naval War College "Blue Book").

• Introduction; 1. France and the Quasi-war (1798–1800); 2. The Ottoman principalities and the Barbary wars (1801–1816); 3. Great Britain and the war of 1812 (1812–1814); 4. Great Britain, the Atlantic slave trade and the right of search (1807–1862); 5. European powers, the Paris declaration and maritime neutrality (1856–1907); 6. German U-Boats and the world wars (1914–1945); 7. North Korea and the USS Pueblo incident (1968); 8. North Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964); 9. Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge and the SS Mayaguez incident (1975); 10. Libya, the Gulf of Sidra, and the "Line of Death" (1981–1989); 11. Iran, Iraq and the tanker war (1980–1988); 12. The Soviet union and the Black sea bumping incident (1988); 13. The EP-3 incident and freedom of navigation "with Chinese characteristics" (2001–present); 14. Yemen: Houthi attacks in the Gulf of Aden (2023–present); 15. Conclusion: anticipating future incidents at sea.