Description
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.
Table of Contents
ForewordLieutenant General Charles PedePrefaceColonel David WallaceIntroductionPart I: Complexity in Legal RegimesChapter 1 Fragmented Wars: Multi-Territorial Military Operations against Armed GroupsNoam LubellChapter 2 Accounting for Complexity of the Law Applicable to Modern Armed ConflictsMarko MilanovicChapter 3 The Use of Force in Armed Conflicts: Conduct of Hostilities, Law Enforcement, and Self-DefenseGloria GaggioliChapter 4 Personal Self-Defense and the Standing Rules of EngagementChristopher FordPart II: Complexity in GovernanceChapter 5 Conflict Management and the Political Economy of RecognitionChris BorgenChapter 6 Hybrid Warfare, Law and the Fulda GapAurel SariChapter 7 Hybrid Conflict and Prisoners of War: The Case of UkraineJeff KahnChapter 8 Legitimacy: The Linchpin of Military Success in Complex BattlespacesThomas Ayres and Jeffrey ThurnherPart III: Complexity in TechnologyChapter 9 The Principle of Proportionality in an Era of High TechnologyJack BeardChapter 10 Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - Is It the End of the World as We Know It... Or Will We Be Just FineMichael MeierChapter 11 New Technologies and the Interplay between Certainty and ReasonablenessLaurie BlankChapter 12 Cyber National Security: Navigating Gray Zone Challenges In and Through CyberspaceGary CornPart IV: Complexity in the Urbanization of the BattlefieldChapter 13 Be Careful What You Ask For: The Unintended Consequences of New Restrictions on Fires in Urban AreasGeoff CornChapter 14 The Law & Policy of Human ShieldingBeth Van SchaackIndex
