by Shane Reeves, Sean Watts | Aug 5, 2020
Welcome to Articles of War Welcome It’s our sincere pleasure to introduce you to Articles of War, the new digital publication of the Lieber Institute for Law & Land Warfare at West Point. In this initial post we’ll share our plans and introduce you to our...
by Charles N. Pede, Joshua F. Berry | Aug 5, 2020
Francis Lieber’s Living Legacy It is an honor to pen one of the first posts for the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare’s Articles of War. This forum provides an important venue for practitioners of the law of war to engage with each other—both domestically and...
by Ashley Deeks | Aug 5, 2020
Will Autonomy in U.S. Military Operations Centralize Legal Decision-making? The growth of machine learning tools in military operations raises new questions about where the most critical decision points are located. Are the most important political,...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Aug 5, 2020
Targeting Non-State “Mixed Groups” “Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” General George Patton, May 31, 1944, Addressing the 6th Armored...
by Geoff Corn | Aug 5, 2020
Civilian Casualty Aversion and the Potential Nullification of “Shock” In recent years, there has been a growing critical focus on the infliction of civilian casualties during hostilities, especially during counter-insurgency operations. But U.S. and NATO armed...
