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Using the War Law to Assert Legitimacy

Using the War Law to Assert Legitimacy

FromWestern Way of War


Using the War Law to Assert Legitimacy

FromWestern Way of War

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Western military personnel often feel that laws restrict the way they can undertake warfare. Dr Janina Dill, Oxford University's expert in war law and ethics, explains why this restrictive view is wrong and how law can empower tactics on the battlefield. Peter Roberts explores with her how law can enable more than it already does on operations, in ways currently more familiar to Russian and Chinese military commanders than to Western ones. This is as much a philosophical conversation as it is a legal one. Be prepared to grapple with your conscience.
Released:
Mar 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

A collection of discussions with those in the Profession of Arms that tries to understand the issues around how to fight, and succeed, against adversaries in the 2020s. We pose the questions as whether a single Western Way of Warfare (how Western militaries fight) has been successful, whether it remains fit for task today, and how it might need to adapt in the future? It is complemented by the ‘Adversarial Studies’ project that looks at how adversaries fight.