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.
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Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – A Tale of Tenacity, Tensions, and Ambiguity: Mutual Defense Treaties and Defense Groupings in the Indo-Pacific
Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Douglas Guilfoyle & Jennifer Maddocks eds. 2026), the thirteenth volume of the Lieber Studies Series published with Oxford University...
Whose Decision Was It? Drone Swarms and the Accountability Gap in Ukraine
On June 1, 2025, Ukraine launched roughly 100 small drones at Russian airbases spread across several time zones. The platforms had been smuggled close to their targets in wooden containers, then released to strike together. The operation, known as Operation Spider's...
Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – LOAC and Information Warfare in the Indo-Pacific
Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Douglas Guilfoyle & Jennifer Maddocks eds. 2026), the thirteenth volume of the Lieber Studies Series published with Oxford University...
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