Virtually everyone concedes that the future of warfare will include autonomous weapons, but controversy exists as to how they can be reliably employed in a legal and moral manner. This is the exact issue...
More than three months ago when I wrote “Brace for Impact” Americans should prepare for terrible scenes coming out of Afghanistan, I said I hoped I was wrong. Sadly, as yesterday’s horrific events amply...
Today’s guest post is the third in a series by Air Force lieutenant colonel Charles J. Gartland, who is the Law Chair Director at the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School. Lt Col...
Can science enable soldiers to become not just superior warfighters, but also people better equipped to make legal and moral judgements about the use of force? That’s the intriguing question addressed in today’s post...
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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