There has been a lot of reportage recently that alleges civilian harm in various U.S. operations in the Middle East. In too many instances, however, the explanation (if any) of the applicable law is...
Today’s post is another in our series for law students and new lawyers who have an interest in national (and, really, global) security matters, and who are thinking about how best to get involved...
Today’s post is a very interesting addition to Lawfire’s growing collection of scholarship on the phenomena of lawfare. The popular version of it mostly relates to armed conflict in some way, and we discussed...
As we announced on November 24th, Duke’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will hold its 27th Annual National Security Law Conference on Friday, February 25 and Saturday morning, February 26. Although we...
Being branded an “extremist” today will likely devastate someone’s life. But should this always be the case? Let’s consider what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday we celebrate on Monday, said when he...
Today’s post introduces the latest addition to the LENS Essay Series, a fascinating article by a brilliant Duke Law 3L, Lindsay Kenney, entitled “The ‘Havana Syndrome’ and the Use of Force: Reality, Hypotheticals, and...
Today’s post is by Dr. Frank Hoffman, my friend of many years (and one of the smartest people I know!), who discusses the concept of “integrated deterrence.” If you aren’t sure you know what...
With tens of thousands of Russian troops on the Ukraine border, and President Biden telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the US and its allies “will respond decisively if Russia further invades,” this highly-volatile...
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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