Summer reading (and listening!)
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...
Category: Education
Duke Law accepting applications for inaugural Ruben Everett Cyber Fellow
Lawfire readers, the Ruben Everett Cyber Fellowship is a tremendous opportunity!!!! But if this is not for you, please pass to anyone you think might find it of interest! Here’s the announcement: Duke University School of...
Guest Post: ML Cavanaugh on “What will make great generalship in 2030?”
On April 24, 2018 my friend, US Army Major Matt Cavanaugh, delivered the remarks below to the 2018 US Army War College (USAWC) 29th Annual Strategy Conference. This year’s theme was “Strategic Leadership 2030:...
Why we should add more “car control” to “gun control” to save teens
Over on The Hill I have a new essay entitled “Want to save teens? Driving restrictions could save at least as many lives as gun control” in which I argue for teen driving restrictions...
Why we ought to have a military appreciation parade
President Trump has asked the Pentagon “to explore a celebration at which all Americans can show their appreciation” for America’s military. Although the idea is still in its “infancy,” it could manifest itself in...
Ambassador Sales Confirmed as LENS Conference Dinner Speaker
We are pleased to announce that Ambassador Nathan Sales has confirmed as our speaker for the 2018 LENS Conference dinner on Friday, Feb 23rd at the Washington Duke Inn. He serves as the State...
Register now for February’s 2018 LENS national security conference!
Yes, registration is now open for the 2018 national security conference hosted by the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security on February 23-24 at Duke Law School! This year’s theme is “Complexity and...
13 most popular Lawfire posts of 2017?
As Lawfire readers know, 2017 brought a multitude of very diverse national security challenges, along with a horde of legal questions, debates…and, yes, political drama. Sadly, it also came with the loss of military...
A busy week: Duke Law students head to ABA Conference and more
Duke Law’s National Security Law Society and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security will take 10 students to the American Bar Association’s 27th Annual Review of the Field of National Security...
Do Duke’s principles and values call for a rethinking of its involvement with China?
In the aftermath of the removal of a memorial of Robert E. Lee from its chapel, Duke University established a “Commission on Memory and History at Duke” that, among other things, is to propose...
