The Status and Role of Law and Regulation in the 21st-Century Hybrid Security Environment
The Status and Role of Law and Regulation in the 21st-Century Hybrid Security Environment

Summary/Abstract: The author examines in detail the notion of ‘lawfare’, and its various interpretations, which lead to the use of the regulatory environment by some actors in order to achieve strategic objectives, including during geopolitical competition and armed conflict. The author finds that through lawfare, hybrid warfare may be conducted by using (and as the case may be, even abusing)the rule of law to the advantage of one of the actors. The author concludes that it is necessary to consider ‘lawfare’ in its various forms as an element of the legal environment, for the purpose of ensuring national security.

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