The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040

The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040

The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040 In the summer of 2020, the Lieber Institute team and I convened a workshop at West Point titled “LOAC 2040.” We invited a group of law of armed conflict (LOAC) scholars and practitioners from around the world, and with a range of...
Ukraine Symposium – The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Digital Cultural Property

Ukraine Symposium – The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Digital Cultural Property

Ukraine Symposium – The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Digital Cultural Property Various international instruments explicitly provide for the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. As conceived, the law was formulated to protect physical works...
Ukraine Symposium – Are We at War?

Ukraine Symposium – Are We at War?

Ukraine Symposium – Are We at War? Last week, allegations that the United States and a number of other NATO nations are providing intelligence to Ukraine that enables attacks against Russian forces continued to surface. Broadly speaking, the reports of...
Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War Decades of experience have greatly improved familiarity with, if not always fidelity to, law of war rules applicable to attacks on enemy forces. Less well appreciated is the law of...
Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order

Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order

Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order Aspects of the shifting world order were recently addressed during The George Washington International Law Review’s 2022 Symposium, “The State of the Nation-State in International Law,” where...
Ukraine Symposium – Military Networks and Cyber Operations in the War in Ukraine

Ukraine Symposium – Military Networks and Cyber Operations in the War in Ukraine

Ukraine Symposium – Military Networks and Cyber Operations in the War in Ukraine When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, many expected that the kinetic military action would be accompanied by extensive cyber operations. After all, the...