I am particularly pleased to welcome His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett, OBE, as the newest Lawfire® contributor. As his bio below reflects, he has had an amazing career, including service as Judge Advocate General...
Today, Lawfire® contributor Ms. Maggie McGinnis returns to give us a thoughtful (and very helpful!) review of Edward Fishman’s book “Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.” With the war in the Middle East,...
Today, I am pleased to introduce a new contributor to Lawfire®, Ms. Emily Threlkeld. Emily was selected as a 2026 Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) Scholar from George Washington School of Law...
Today Lawfire® contributor Bill Boothby examines the case of the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School, which allegedly was struck by a U.S. Tomahawk missile, resulting in the deaths of 168 people, including many children. This incident...
Last Saturday evening, President Trump warned Iran that if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened, Iran’s power plants would be struck. However, this morning, NBC News reports that “President Donald Trump said this...
In the latest selection for the LENS Essay Series, Duke Law 2L Alison Tobin writes about recent changes wrought by an executive order regarding the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its...
After the U.S. and Israeli began the strikes against Iran that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacked a wide variety of Iranian military assets, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the operation...
Following the sinking of the IRIS Dena, some critics claimed the attack on the Iranian warship was illegal. That struck me as plainly wrong, but I decided to consult one of the most respected...
Since the President ordered the attacks on Iran (with the U.S. title of “Operation Epic Fury” (OEF)) there has been no shortage of critics claiming the actions violated the U.S. Constitution. They assert that...
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security’s (LENS) 31st Annual National Security Law Conference is now in the books, but the feedback from attendees indicates it was a major success. Many appreciated not...
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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