Today Lawfire® contributor, Ms.Maggie McGinnis follows up on her post from last August (“Seizing Russia’s Reserves, Explained”) to tells us, in her words, “why Europe found a way to fund Ukraine without using Russia’s money—for...
Today we present Part II of Prof Raul (Pete) Pedrozo’s expert analysis of the law controlling the seizure of oil tankers and their cargo that you’ve been reading about. In Part I (found here)...
Today we introduce another new voice for Lawfire®, Duke University sophomore Trevor Darr. As his bio indicates, Trevor has a passion for matters relate to outer space, so he is the right person to...
Today Professor Joel Trachtman provides an insightful analysis of Hamas’ lawfare. Readers may recall this post from 2023: Five ideas to counter Hamas’ lawfare strategy…and why which warned about Hamas’ potential to wage lawfare. ...
Today we introduce a new contributor, retired Air Force judge advocate Colonel Pete Marksteiner, who offers a philosophical and practical perspective on the ongoing controversy about the military’s anti-drug smuggling maritime operations. Pete’s essay...
Today, my friend Bill Knightly treats us to a review of Ken Burns’ new documentary, The American Revolution. As a historian with special expertise in the Revolution, Bill offers fascinating insights into a film...
As Lawfire® readers know, we like to showcase up-and-coming scholars in the field of national security. Today we have one of those emerging scholars, Ms. Avery DeMoss, discussing the development of governance norms for...
Today we welcome a new Lawfire® contributor, Mr Ikenna Iheuwa, who grapples with the issue of how international law should consider situations where a “State-linked actor” penetrates a “sensitive national system” and implants “dormant...
Our guest post today is from my former boss at U.S. Central Command, MG Walt Huffman, USA (Ret.), one of the greatest officers with whom I had the honor to serve. After Secretary’s Hegseth’s...
What to do about harmful activities in cyberspace is one of the most confounding problems of international law today. It is particularly a problem when the victim state has limited cyber capabilities with which...
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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