Tolstoy is famously reported as saying “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” Immediately before missiles and bombs struck and Russian tanks and troops invaded, a poll suggested...
How can the U.S. and rule-of-law democracies counter increasingly sophisticated and weaponized disinformation? How should they wage “information warfare” during period of putative peace? What are some of the rewards – and risks –...
“Shortbursts” is a occasional feature of Lawfire® that aims to bring you up to date with bursts of information on a variety of topics you may find of interest. In a previous post we highlighted...
Today’s post engages another aspect of our ongoing discussion about the Ukraine crisis: if Russia does invade or otherwise behaves in a way that triggers the sanctions the U.S. and NATO have threatened, what...
The normally very highly-reliable Congressional Research Service (CRS) seems to have missed the mark a bit with its recent (Dec 10) report on the “Use of Force in Cyberspace.” There are certainly aspects of...
Want some insight into the kind of high-speed civil litigation that arises in the complicated cyber/cryptocurrency finance world? If so, today’s guest post by Duke Law grad and senior lecturing fellow John Reed Stark...
Today’s post is about an extremely important topic for warfighters and their legal advisors: the development of the international law as it relates to cyber operations. One of the most influential contributions to this...
Today’s addition to the LENS Essay series comes from a very talented rising Duke Law 3L, Victoria Morgan. Her article is entitled “Cyber Proxies in International Armed Conflicts: Shrinking the Gray Area” and it’s...
Worried about ransomware? You should be. In recent months we’ve seen a disturbing increase in both the severity and frequency of these assaults, to the point where they represent a serious national security threat. ...
Want a really important (yet also entertaining) summer read? I’d recommend 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, a new bestseller penned by my war college classmate and retired NATO commander Admiral Jim...
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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