It goes on to suggest that the emerging Syrian doctrine for use of chemical agents – as has been described by at least one defector – is that is that they are designed to be confusing, ambiguous (for instance a chemical weapon mixed among conventional rounds) and, above all, to disrupt "the psychic equilibrium" of rebel-held areas rather than cause death on a Halabja-like scale.
Mr. Cordesman was referring to the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who enunciated a military doctrine of using overwhelming force, but for clear political ends.
Given that the balance of probability suggests that the regime did use the weapons, one possible explanation suggests a profound shift in both the regime's analysis of the likelihood of a meaningful international response and a further worrying development in the Syrian military doctrine for the use of chemical weapons.
Some of the disaffection reflected Clinton's moment in history: the end of the Cold War offered the chance for a "peace dividend" of a smaller military, which Clinton seized, but, in the eyes of many military leaders, he lacked a consistent doctrine for the use of American power.
Without a new doctrine for the use of drones that is understandable to friends and foes, the United States risks achieving near-term tactical benefits in killing terrorists while incurring potentially significant longer-term costs to its alliances, global public opinion, the war on terrorism and international stability.
But Taylor's highly sophisticated version of this argument makes it extremely hard to pinpoint what exactly is amiss, not least because he makes his case for this controversial doctrine using only a handful of uncontroversial assumptions about logic and language (for instance, that any statement is either true or false).
Legal doctrine was retrieved using HeinOnline, a database of legal journals.
In this study, Hood's doctrine was used as an attempt in this operationalisation process.
While the "responsible corporate officer" doctrine (also known as the Park doctrine) has been used frequently in criminal cases, allowing for prosecutions of individual company officers in cases asserting corporate wrongdoing, experts say its use is virtually unheard-of in an administrative action where no violations of law or regulations are claimed.
Anekāntavāda is one of the three Jain doctrines of relativity used for logic and reasoning.
