"This workshop, Complex Battlespaces: The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern Warfare, was held at West Point on October 24-26, 2016. It marked the official opening of the Lieber Institute." -- page xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fragmented wars : multi-territorial military operations against armed groups / Professor Noam Lubell -- Accounting for complexity of the law applicable to modern armed conflicts / Professor Marko Milanovic -- The use of force in armed conflicts : conduct of hostilities, law enforcement, and self-defense / Professor Gloria Gaggoli -- Personal self-defense and the standing rules of engagement / Lieutenant Colonel Christopher M. Ford -- Conflict management and the political economy of recognition / Professor Chris Borgen -- Hybrid warfare, law and the Fulda gap / Professor Aurel Sari -- Hybrid conflict and prisoners of war : the case of Ukraine / Professor Jeffrey Kahn -- Legitimacy : the lynchpin of military success in complex battlespaces / Major General (ret.) Thomas E. Ayres and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey S. Thurnher -- The principle of proportionality in an era of high technology / Professor Jack Beard -- Lethal autonomous weapons systems : is it the end of the world as we know it ... or will we be just fine / Michael W. Meier -- New technologies and the interplay between certainty and reasonableness / Professor Laurie Blank -- Cyber national security : navigating gray-zone challenges in and through cyberspace / Colonel Gary P. Corn -- Be careful what you ask for : the unintended consequences of new restrictions on fires in urban areas / Professor Geoffrey S. Corn -- The law and policy of human shielding / Professor Beth Van Schaack.