The Lawfare Podcast: Richard Gross on the Law of Hybrid Conflict

Published: Sept. 18, 2015, 1:55 p.m.

Last week, Ben attended a symposium at the Pentagon on the rise of so-called \u201chybrid conflicts,\u201d whereprofessionals\xa0from around the national security establishment attempted to define the idea as well as its implications for existing legal structures and the law of war. In this week\u2019s podcast, Brig. Gen. Richard Gross, the legal counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains that the DOD\u2019s senior leadership has increasingly begun discussing conflicts such as Ukraine, Syria, and the South China sea, in terms of hybrid conflict. He and Ben explore what lawyers should do with the idea, asking is it really new and should the law adjust to deal with it?

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