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Abstract
Abstract This chapter introduces the volume by setting out its purpose and scope and explaining two key operational concepts—multidomain operations and large-scale combat operations—that underpin many of the discussions that follow. It outlines the strategic and legal ambiguities that run throughout the volume, including unresolved issues arising within specific domains of warfare, uncertainties surrounding regional alliance structures, and critical questions concerning the legal status of Taiwan. The chapter then turns to the themes of legal statecraft and interpretive choice, examining how law not only constrains State action but also enables it by offering States a degree of latitude in how legal norms are interpreted and applied. It highlights the importance of the cognitive domain—particularly the legal narratives constructed around compliance with the law of armed conflict—and considers whether we may be entering another “Solferino moment,” in which public expectations about the conduct of war shift significantly in response to new forms of scrutiny and visibility. The chapter concludes by outlining the book’s structure and offering reflections on its overarching aim: to support the development of strategic legal thinking about how international law, and the law of armed conflict in particular, may apply in any future conflict in the Indo-Pacific.
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Authors Douglas Guilfoyle, Jennifer Maddocks
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oso/9780197844540.003.0001
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197844540.003.0001
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