by John Cherry, Michael Rizzotti | Mar 9, 2021
Understanding Self-Defense and the Law of Armed Conflict Many soldiers, commanders, and judge advocates involved in the conflicts in Africa, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan deploy with a dated and incomplete understanding of individual self-defense. This reality is the...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Mar 1, 2021
President Biden’s First Use of Force and International Law On February 25, President Biden authorized the first use of military force since becoming President. The operation involved two F-15s dropping seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bombs...
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...
