by Chris Jenks | Oct 14, 2020
The Efficacy of the U.S. Army’s Law of War Training Program On July 2, 2020, the Department of Defense reissued DoD Directive 2311.01, the DoD Law of War Program.* Under the previous Directive, issued in 2006, Secretaries of the Military Departments were required to...
by Joseph B. Berger III | Oct 8, 2020
The Importance of Clarity and Flexibility in the Law Adherence to the law of armed conflict remains a bedrock value of professional militaries. The legal obligation of any professional military to wage war in a just and lawful manner remains unquestioned. Yet...
by Rob Mclaughlin | Sep 17, 2020
Whither Recognition of Belligerency? Delineating, defining, and dealing with how the law of armed conflict applies to civil wars and other non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) has presented constant legal challenges over the last two decades. Numerous...
by Christopher J. Borgen | Sep 10, 2020
Space Power, Space Force, and Space Law Space is a unique operational domain not only due to its physics, but also due to its legal regime. Although Space Power, the inaugural doctrinal manual of the U.S. Space Force, does not focus on legal issues in and of...
by Gary Corn | Sep 3, 2020
Cyber Operations and The Imperfect Art of “Translating” the Law of War to New Technologies Since the inception of combat as an organized endeavor, humans have innovated new means and methods of warfare to gain advantage over their adversaries. Some of these...
