Force Short of War in Modern Conflict

Jai Galliott is Group Leader of Values in Defence & Security Technology at the Australian Defence Force Academy at the University of New South Wales; Non-Residential Fellow at the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy, West Point and Visiting Fellow in The Centre for Technology and Global Affairs at the University of Oxford. He is a defence analyst and expert on the ethical, legal and strategic issues associated with the employment of emerging technologies, including cyber systems, autonomous vehicles and soldier augmentation. His publications include: Ethics and the Future of Spying: Technology, National Security and Intelligence Collection (Routledge 2016); Military Robots: Mapping the Moral Landscape (Ashgate 2015); Super Soldiers: The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (Ashgate 2015); and Commercial Space Exploration: Ethics, Policy and Governance (Ashgate 2015).

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction: The Rise of Force Short of WarPart I. The Need for Recalibration2. Asymmetry in Modern Combat: Explaining the Inadequacy of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in BelloJai & Cassitie Galliott3. The Fog of War: Violence, Coercion and Jus ad vimDanielle L. Lupton & Valerie Morkevičius4. The Responsibility to Protect and Uses of Force Short of WarEamon AloyoPart II. Options for Recalibration5. From Jus ad Bellum to Jus ad Vim: Recalibrating Our Understanding of the Moral Use of ForceDaniel R. Brunstetter & Megan Braun6. A Framework for an Ethics of Jus ad Vim in Context of Human RightsChristopher Ketcham7. Jus ad Vim: The Morality of Military and Police Use of Force in Armed Conflicts Short of WarSeumas Miller8. Just War Theory, Armed Force Short of War and Escalation to WarJohn W. Lango9. Jus ad Vim and the Question of How to do Just War TheoryChristian Nikolaus Braun & Jai GalliottPart III. Problems for Recalibration10. On the Redundancy of Jus ad Vim: A Response to Daniel Brunstetter and Megan BraunHelen Frowe11. Are Novel Jus ad Vim Principles Needed to Judge Military Measures Short of War?Shawn Kaplan12. Moral Injury, Mission-Drift and Limited WarJames Gillcrist & Nick Lloyd13. Pacifism and Targeted Killing as a Force Short of WarNicholas Parkin14. In Defence of Jus ad Vim: Why We Need a Moral Framework for the Use of Limited ForceDaniel R. Brunstetter

The use of force short of war is a new topic in political and military thought. I cannot imagine a better introduction to the topic than this book. Jai Galliott has brought together a group of writers representing all the possible positions, and their arguments are spirited and engrossing.