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