Complex Battlespaces

Winston S. Williams is an Academy Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy. Christopher M. Ford is a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army currently serving as Deputy Legal Counsel, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Foreword
Lieutenant General Charles Pede
Preface
Colonel David Wallace

Introduction

Part I: Complexity in Legal Regimes
Chapter 1 Fragmented Wars: Multi-Territorial Military Operations against Armed Groups
Noam Lubell
Chapter 2 Accounting for Complexity of the Law Applicable to Modern Armed Conflicts
Marko Milanovic
Chapter 3 The Use of Force in Armed Conflicts: Conduct of Hostilities, Law Enforcement, and Self-Defense
Gloria Gaggioli
Chapter 4 Personal Self-Defense and the Standing Rules of Engagement
Christopher Ford


Part II: Complexity in Governance
Chapter 5 Conflict Management and the Political Economy of Recognition
Chris Borgen
Chapter 6 Hybrid Warfare, Law and the Fulda Gap
Aurel Sari
Chapter 7 Hybrid Conflict and Prisoners of War: The Case of Ukraine
Jeff Kahn
Chapter 8 Legitimacy: The Linchpin of Military Success in Complex Battlespaces
Thomas Ayres and Jeffrey Thurnher

Part III: Complexity in Technology
Chapter 9 The Principle of Proportionality in an Era of High Technology
Jack Beard
Chapter 10 Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - Is It the End of the World as We Know It... Or Will We Be Just Fine
Michael Meier
Chapter 11 New Technologies and the Interplay between Certainty and Reasonableness
Laurie Blank
Chapter 12 Cyber National Security: Navigating Gray Zone Challenges In and Through Cyberspace
Gary Corn

Part IV: Complexity in the Urbanization of the Battlefield
Chapter 13 Be Careful What You Ask For: The Unintended Consequences of New Restrictions on Fires in Urban Areas
Geoff Corn
Chapter 14 The Law & Policy of Human Shielding
Beth Van Schaack

Index