The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare
Government
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine disproves many recent predictions about the future of war. This includes the predictions about the death of the law of war. The perception of the legitimacy of war depends in large part on seemingly ancient notions of Jus Ad Bellum and Jus in Bello. The war in Ukraine shows that legitimacy, or loss of legitimacy, has serious consequences.
For more information on the material in this podcast see:
“The End of History”: https://www.c-span.org/video/?24282-1/the-end-history-man
“The Laws of War on Land”: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=B06FB334DC14CBD1C12563CD00515767
“Should the Laws of War Apply to Terrorists?” https://www.jstor.org/stable/25658249
“On the Nature of War”: Helmuth von Moltke: http://www.gwpda.org/1914m/moltke.html
Defense Department Law of War Manual: https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/DoD Law of War Manual - June 2015 Updated Dec 2016.pdf?ver=2016-12-13-172036-190
"Russia’s military is incompetent. That makes it more dangerous." https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/17/russia-military-failing-dangerous/
Col. Christopher T. Mayer, US Army Retired, is a former instructor of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the Naval War College, guest lecturer on national security at academic institutions in the United States and Europe, and developed operational and organizational concepts for future warfare. He is a veteran of combat operations in Iraq and peacekeeping operations in Africa and the Balkans.
E51: Information Warfare
E50: Economic Warfare
E49: Do we learn from history?
E48 The American Way of War w Col Jayson Altieri
E47:Great Commander Pt 3 - von Moltke and the General Staff
E46 Great Commanders Part 2: Alexander
E45: Commanders Part 1
E44: Cultural Warfare
E43: How to Lose a War
E42 All Successful Wars Are Alike
E41: Mercenary Risk Management
E40: Interlude
E39: On Mercenary Warfare Paragraph 5 -- Command and Control
E38: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 4: Logistics
E37: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 3: Execution
E36 On Mecernary Warfare Paragraph 2, The Mission
E35: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 1 - The Situation
E34: War in the East?
E33: Cancelling History
E32: Unrestricted Warfare
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