investment arbitration
... ICRC view – overhaul of IHL is unwise and unnecessary: The challenges posed to IHL by asymmetric and urban warfare cannot a priori be solved by developments in treaty law. It must be stressed that in such circumstances, it is generally not the rules that are at fault, but the will or sometimes the a ...
... ICRC view – overhaul of IHL is unwise and unnecessary: The challenges posed to IHL by asymmetric and urban warfare cannot a priori be solved by developments in treaty law. It must be stressed that in such circumstances, it is generally not the rules that are at fault, but the will or sometimes the a ...
The purpose of this paper is to develop a
... the concept identifies those strategies and practices that have proven most effective, then tests them against the historical record. While every conflict has its own unique causes and conditions requiring tailored solutions, they also exhibit fundamental characteristics that remain constant and whi ...
... the concept identifies those strategies and practices that have proven most effective, then tests them against the historical record. While every conflict has its own unique causes and conditions requiring tailored solutions, they also exhibit fundamental characteristics that remain constant and whi ...
The Conduct of Hostilities: revisiting the LOAC
... tackle tasks beyond national borders, often differing a great deal from the tasks of a traditional soldier and no longer limited to the actual conflict itself. The Hague Conventions are 100 years old. The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions are 30 years old. Are these instruments still ap ...
... tackle tasks beyond national borders, often differing a great deal from the tasks of a traditional soldier and no longer limited to the actual conflict itself. The Hague Conventions are 100 years old. The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions are 30 years old. Are these instruments still ap ...
Uncle Sam Wants You!: - Saint Mary`s College
... The United States Military has often been considered one of the largest and most capable militaries in the World. This position of capability was formerly held by England due to the power of their Navy, but once the Colonies won their independence in the American Revolution of 1775, the United State ...
... The United States Military has often been considered one of the largest and most capable militaries in the World. This position of capability was formerly held by England due to the power of their Navy, but once the Colonies won their independence in the American Revolution of 1775, the United State ...
Toward Explaining Military Intervention in Latin American Politics
... the North Atlantic area, the armed forces are more likely than not to be among the most important power contenders in any political system, and military regimes are at least as widespread as either totalitarian or democratic ones. It is surprising, therefore, that until recently this phenomenon has ...
... the North Atlantic area, the armed forces are more likely than not to be among the most important power contenders in any political system, and military regimes are at least as widespread as either totalitarian or democratic ones. It is surprising, therefore, that until recently this phenomenon has ...
Military History
... positive element was that it created a synergetic relationship between theory and empirical research long before this became the case in most other branches of history-writing. The negative consequence was that it strongly contributed to shaping a rather cavalier attitude among many war/warfare hist ...
... positive element was that it created a synergetic relationship between theory and empirical research long before this became the case in most other branches of history-writing. The negative consequence was that it strongly contributed to shaping a rather cavalier attitude among many war/warfare hist ...
Military Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know by George Lucas
... active duty personnel, Lucas’ overall goal is to broaden the knowledge of every member of society on the complex and challenging field of military ethics and how deeply its personnel rely on ethics to make decisions that will benefit the organization. Using an interesting question and answer format ...
... active duty personnel, Lucas’ overall goal is to broaden the knowledge of every member of society on the complex and challenging field of military ethics and how deeply its personnel rely on ethics to make decisions that will benefit the organization. Using an interesting question and answer format ...
Civilian control of the military
Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional military officers. The de facto opposite of having civilian control of the military is a military dictatorship. A lack of control over the military may result in a state within a state. One author, paraphrasing Samuel P. Huntington's writings in The Soldier and the State, has summarized the civilian control ideal as ""the proper subordination of a competent, professional military to the ends of policy as determined by civilian authority"".Civilian control is often seen as a prerequisite feature of a stable, liberal democracy. Use of the term in scholarly analyses tends to take place in the context of a democracy governed by elected officials, though the subordination of the military to political control is not unique to these societies. One example is the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong stated that ""Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party,"" reflecting the primacy of the Communist Party of China (and communist parties in general) as decision-makers in Marxist-Leninist and Maoist theories of democratic centralism.As noted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Richard H. Kohn ""civilian control is not a fact but a process"". Affirmations of respect for the values of civilian control notwithstanding, the actual level of control sought or achieved by the civilian leadership may vary greatly in practice, from a statement of broad policy goals that military commanders are expected to translate into operational plans, to the direct selection of specific targets for attack on the part of governing politicians. National Leaders with limited experience in military matters often have little choice but to rely on the advice of professional military commanders trained in the art and science of warfare to inform the limits of policy; in such cases, the military establishment may enter the bureaucratic arena to advocate for or against a particular course of action, shaping the policy-making process and blurring any clear-cut lines of civilian control.