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The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies Series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of law and armed conflict, featuring chapters from world class scholars, policymakers and other government officials; military and civilian legal practitioners; and other thought leaders who examine the role of the law of armed conflict in current and future armed conflicts around the world.
List of contents
- Foreword
- Lieutenant General Charles Pede
- Preface
- Colonel David Wallace
- Introduction
- Part I: Complexity in Legal Regimes
- Chapter 1 Fragmented Wars: Multi-Territorial Military Operations against Armed Groups
- Noam Lubell
- Chapter 2 Accounting for Complexity of the Law Applicable to Modern Armed Conflicts
- Marko Milanovic
- Chapter 3 The Use of Force in Armed Conflics: Conduct of Hostilities, Law Enforcement, and Self-Defense
- Gloria Gaggioli
- Chapter 4 Personal Self-Defense and the Standing Rules of Engagement
- Christopher Ford
- Part II: Complexity in Governance
- Chapter 5 Conflict Management and the Political Economy of Recognition
- Chris Borgen
- Chapter 6 Hybrid Warfare, Law and the Fulda Gap
- Aurel Sari
- Chapter 7 Hybrid Conflict and Prisoners of War: The Case of Ukraine
- Jeff Kahn
- Chapter 8 Legitimacy: The Linchpin of Military Success in Complex Battlespaces
- Thomas Ayres and Jeffrey Thurnher
- Part III: Complexity in Technology
- Chapter 9 The Principle of Proportionality in an Era of High Technology
- Jack Beard
- Chapter 10 Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - Is It the End of the World as We Know It... Or Will We Be Just Fine
- Michael Meier
- Chapter 11 New Technologies and the Interplay between Certainty and Reasonableness
- Laurie Blank
- Chapter 12 Cyber National Security: Navigating Gray Zone Challenges In and Through Cyberspace
- Gary Corn
- Part IV: Complexity in the Urbanization of the Battlefield
- Chapter 13 Be Careful What You Ask For: The Unintended Consequences of New Restrictions on Fires in Urban Areas
- Geoff Corn
- Chapter 14 The Law and Policy of Human Shielding
- Beth Van Schaack
- Index
About the author
Winston S. Williams is an Academy Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy.
Christopher M. Ford is a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army currently serving as Deputy Legal Counsel, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Summary
The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise. This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies Series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of law and armed conflict, with the primary goal of providing the reader with both academic and practitioner perspectives.
Featuring chapters from world class scholars, policymakers and other government officials; military and civilian legal practitioners; and other thought leaders, together they examine the role of the law of armed conflict in current and future armed conflicts around the world. Complex Battlespaces also explores several examples of battlespace dynamics through four "lenses of complexity": complexity in legal regimes, governance, technology, and the urbanization of the battlefield.
