Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the doctrine of malign legal operations

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, Braden_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T07:16:29Z
dc.date.available2025-01-14T07:16:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis article offers a trans-disciplinary legal analysis of the Russian Federation’s total invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of Malign Legal Operations (MALOPs). Known colloquiallyas lawfare, the notion of MALOPs in this article is defined as ‘the exploitation of legal systems by employing disinformation to shape perceptions of legitimacy, justify violations, escape legal obligations, contain adversaries, or to advantageously revise the rule of law’. Unlike the bumper-sticker term lawfare, MALOPs offers a theoretical approach to conceptualise, identify, and ultimately disrupt the practice of legal exploitation, particularly as it relates to international security. This article asserts that Russian MALOPs provided a nearcertain indication of attack in the months leading up to Russia’s total invasion of Ukraine. Furthermore, this research suggests that MALOPs are a principal tool for revisionist states like the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China to pursue legal asymmetries in pursuit of geopolitical objectives. Finally, this research recommends a novel approach for responding to this behaviour in the form of the Counter-MALOPs Toolkit: Identify; Disrupt; and Defend.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFisher B. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the doctrine of malign legal operations / Brad Fisher // Access to justice in Eastern Europe. - 2022. - Vol. 5, Special Issue. - P. 25-51. - https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-5.4-a000456en_US
dc.identifier.issn2663-0583
dc.identifier.issn2663-0575
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-5.4-a000456
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/33137
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceAccess to justice in Eastern Europeen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectmalign legal operationsen_US
dc.subjectlawfareen_US
dc.subjectpublic international lawen_US
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectRussiaen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleRussia's invasion of Ukraine and the doctrine of malign legal operationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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