Stockton Legal Perspectives: Prof. Michael Schmitt, Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College

Professor Michael N. Schmitt,
Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence,
U. S. Naval War College
G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar,
West Point Lieber Institute for Law & Warfare
Michael Schmitt is professor emeritus and the Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. Naval War College. Formerly, he was the chair of the Stockton Center for International Law, the NWC research scholar of the year in 2018, the 2007-2008 Charles H. Stockton Visiting Professor, and in 2006 graduated first in class from the College of Naval Warfare. Professor Schmitt presently holds the chair of international law at the University of Reading and is the G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at the U.S. Military Academy. Professor Schmitt is the general editor of the Lieber Studies series (Oxford) and directed the Tallinn Manual project on cyber operations between 2009 and 2023.
The Stockton Center for International Law recently held its 6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference, “Multi-Domain Operations in the Indo-Pacific and International Law," May 14-16, 2024. Multi-Domain Operations are the combined arms employment of joint capabilities to create and exploit advantages, achieve objectives, and defeat enemy forces.
Multi-Domain Operations make use of all available combat power from each Service to accomplish missions at least cost. This expansive approach to all-domain combat operations necessitates a similarly broadened and interdisciplinary approach to the international law governing these operations. The 6th Annual Cushing Conference addressed a broad range of issues, including the international laws applicable to naval and joint operations in the Indo-Pacific; the synchronization of special operations, cyber operations, and space operations; China and the law of armed conflict; and foreign perspectives on Multi-Domain Operations (FVEY and East Asian allies).
The Stockton Center’s Cushing Conference brought together international organizations, the global academic community, military and government attorneys, and experts in military operations from the United States, Asia, and Europe. Selected research presented at the event will be published in International Law Studies, the oldest journal of international law in the United States.
The views presented by the faculty or other guest speakers do not reflect official positions of the Naval War College, DON or DOD.