In 1778, Samuel Johnson said that “every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier,” but should that still be the case today? John Stuart Mill claimed: A man who has nothing which he...
The military tries hard to stay above political frays and maintain its reputation for genuine non-partisanship. That effort – which was never easy – is even more difficult today given that the Administration and...
Unbeknownst to each other, Georgetown’s Daniel Byman and I have very recently written blogposts that cover much the same ground: foreign policy, “soft power,” and the U.S. State Department. The essays are mostly conflicting,...
When I was stationed at Korea’s Osan Air Base in the late 1970s, no one even imagined a day when an American president would be shaking hands with a North Korean leader. In fact, just...
Here’s the good news upfront: I believe the U.S. and Canadian security relationship will weather the recent spat. True, relations suffered a setback last week when the two countries’ trade dispute exploded into an...
If you are interested in national security, but don’t have much of a background, how can you close the gap? Reading (and listening) is a great way to do so, especially as the summer...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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