Major Ryan Krebsbach argues that the US Department of Defense Law of War Manual appropriately balances the need to protect civilians against the necessity of ensuring that individuals do not use the law of armed conflict to escape being lawfully targeted despite their material support for non-State armed forces. In contrast to the narrower definition used by the International Committee of the Red Cross of when a civilian loses immunity from lawful attack, the DoD Law of War Manual reduces the likelihood of unreasonably benefiting and encouraging unlawful belligerency.
Category Archives: Vol. 9 No. 1
Lawfare | JNSLP 9:1 features articles exploring several aspects of law and military and intelligence strategy, such as the effects of “lawfare” and international humanitarian law on countries’ strategic military decisions and the extent of the legal authority granted to the CIA to undertake covert actions that violate international treaties.
Global Health Security in an Era of Explosive Pandemic Potential
As part of his keynote address at JNSLP’s 2016 symposium—Strengthening National Security by Protecting Public Health—Professor Lawrence Gostin advocates for strengthening and reforming national and international global health security institutions in order to better prepare for future global epidemics.
Terrorism, the Internet, & Propaganda: A Deadly Combination
Ariel Lieberman outlines the evolution, content, and goals of modern terrorist propaganda on the Internet, and presents a three-pronged approach for challenging such propaganda using a combination of criminal prosecution, removal of terrorist propaganda from social media platforms, and an active counter-propaganda campaign to discredit and undermine terrorist groups.