At the crossroads of scholarship and practice
The Lieber Institute at West Point facilitates and contributes to the global dialogue on today’s most pressing and complex law of war issues. Through its research, publications, events and education, it strives to advance the understanding and maintain the primacy of law in today’s armed conflicts.
The Lieber Institute seeks to bridge the divide between legal scholarship and battlefield experience in the study of the law. It engages in innovative research and collaboration on multiple topics of legal study including targeting, detention, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and war crimes accountability.
Researching Cutting-edge Issues.
Promoting Understanding.
Empowering Combat Leaders.
The Evolving Architecture of the International Law of Military Operations: Mapping the Future of Legal Research in Armed Conflict
International law governing military operations is undergoing a period of profound transformation. Rapid technological innovation including artificial intelligence (AI), the expansion of conflict into new operational domains such as cyberspace and outer space, the...
Armenia’s Military Procurement from India and Article 36 of the Additional Protocol I
Armenia is rearming. Following the catastrophic losses of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and the complete collapse of Russian reliability as a security guarantor, Yerevan has undertaken one of the most consequential military modernization programs in its...
The Regulation of Levées en Masse: Extending Participation to Diaspora Populations
The levée en masse (i.e., mass uprising) is a relatively rare form of conflict participation recognised by international humanitarian law (IHL). It was last expressed in treaty form in Geneva Convention III (GC III), which extends prisoner of war (POW) status, and...
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