What is it about?
How can law be used as a weapon in present modern day conflict. Russia and China are both using lawfare in order to achieve their strategic objectives without having to use kinetic force.
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Why is it important?
Lawfare as a non kinetic form of Hybrid Warfare is increasingly being used either to achieve strategic objectives or to support kinetic operations.
Perspectives
Our article gives a comprehensive overview of lawfare as a increasingly relevant aspect of 21st century conflict. We do not only provide an overview on lawfare within the context of the present Hybrid Warfare discussion but also a practical operational context. The findings of our article have already found their way into the present NATO and US military discussion. This article is of particular relevance for the UK market as the UK military dogma seems to overlook the use of premptive lawfare as a means of countering a potential adversary's use of lawfare to exploit UK vulnerabilities.
Prof Sascha Dov Bachmann
University of Canberra
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This page is a summary of: Lawfare in Hybrid Wars: The 21st Century Warfare, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, March 2016, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18781527-00701008.
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