What are asymmetric wars? How do asymmetric conflicts and the challenge of non-reciprocity increase the ferocity of clashes in war? If the weaker power resorts to tactics forbidden by the laws of war, its success may depend on the abstention of the higher power in resorting to similar tactics. The superior power is placed in the dilemma of reciprocating the behavior falling into the same international wrong, or if to continue to respect the law that the other is violating. Which role do new weapons technologies play? What means of deterrence can and should be used in the face of serious violations of humanitarian law?

What are asymmetric wars? How do asymmetric conflicts and the challenge of non-reciprocity increase the ferocity of clashes in war? If the weaker power resorts to tactics forbidden by the laws of war, its success may depend on the abstention of the higher power in resorting to similar tactics. The superior power is placed in the dilemma of reciprocating the behavior falling into the same international wrong, or if to continue to respect the law that the other is violating. Which role do new weapons technologies play? What means of deterrence can and should be used in the face of serious violations of humanitarian law?

Rethinking International Humanitarian Law: the race to asymmetry in asymmetric warfare

DE CRISTOFARO, MARIA CHIARA
2024/2025

Abstract

What are asymmetric wars? How do asymmetric conflicts and the challenge of non-reciprocity increase the ferocity of clashes in war? If the weaker power resorts to tactics forbidden by the laws of war, its success may depend on the abstention of the higher power in resorting to similar tactics. The superior power is placed in the dilemma of reciprocating the behavior falling into the same international wrong, or if to continue to respect the law that the other is violating. Which role do new weapons technologies play? What means of deterrence can and should be used in the face of serious violations of humanitarian law?
2024
Rethinking International Humanitarian Law: the race to asymmetry in asymmetric warfare
What are asymmetric wars? How do asymmetric conflicts and the challenge of non-reciprocity increase the ferocity of clashes in war? If the weaker power resorts to tactics forbidden by the laws of war, its success may depend on the abstention of the higher power in resorting to similar tactics. The superior power is placed in the dilemma of reciprocating the behavior falling into the same international wrong, or if to continue to respect the law that the other is violating. Which role do new weapons technologies play? What means of deterrence can and should be used in the face of serious violations of humanitarian law?
asymmetric warfare
IHL
war
Lauree magistrali
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