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Lawfare

Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs, as a more peaceful and rational alternative, or as a less benign adjunct, to warfare.

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Lawfare

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Edges108
Triples125
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
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Lawfare

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related to Israeli–Palestinian conflict · 36
Lawfare → According, BDS, Both, Boycott, Canadian, Center, Children International, Constitutional Rights, Council, Defense, Divestment, Gaza-bound, Greece, ICC, IDF, In, In Israel, International Criminal Court, Irwin Cotler, Israel
related to China · 26
Lawfare → Air Defense Identification Zone, Anti-Secession Law, CCP, China, Chinese, Chinese Communist Party, Defamation, East China Sea, Examples, Fǎlǜ, In, Interpol, It, One China, People's Liberation Army, People's Republic, PLA, PRC, PRC's, Senkaku Islands
related to Turkey · 22
Lawfare → AKP, Amnesty International, Cem Tecimer, Court, Development Party, Earlier, ECtHR, Ekrem, European Court, Human Rights, In Kavala, In Selahattin Demirtaş, Istanbul, Justice, Kurdish, Legal, Osman Kavala, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Selahattin Demirtaş, The
related to Commentary · 19
Lawfare → Alkon, Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, During, Harvard School, Jack Goldsmith, Justice, Known, Law, Law School, Panelist Cynthia Alkon, Policy Program, Rumsfeld, Texas, The Terror Presidency, United States, University Criminal Law, Unknown, Vancouver International Security Summit
related to Hundred Years' War · 8
Lawfare → According, David Green, French, Hundred Years' War, Iskander Rehman, Planning, Protraction, Rehman
related to United States and Iran · 4
Lawfare → Iran, Iran's, They, United States
related to Early use and definitions · 3
Lawfare → In, John Comaroff, The
related to Guantanamo Bay detention camp · 3
Lawfare → During, Guantanamo Bay, United States
is a · 1
Lawfare → use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs
part of · 1
Lawfare → the People's Liberation Army

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legal international law use war states described rights united political systems china term strategic human military may detention also warfare

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Lawfareis ause of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs0.90text
Lawfarepart ofthe People's Liberation Army0.85text
using legal systemsinstance ofwhich focuses on national security law and has explored the debate over the definition of lawfare and whether it should be considered exclusively a pejorative.Recent scholarship…0.80text
processes to achieve strategic goals outside of traditional courtroom battlesinstance ofwhich focuses on national security law and has explored the debate over the definition of lawfare and whether it should be considered exclusively a pejorative.Recent scholarship…0.80text
Lawfarerelated to ChinaThe0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaPeople's Republic0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaChina0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaChinese0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaFǎlǜ0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaPeople's Liberation Army0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaPLA0.60section
Lawfarerelated to ChinaChinese Communist Party0.60section

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