What are the strategic implications of the proliferation of commercial space-based imaging and communications’ satellites? Lawfire® readerrs know we’ve addressed on several occasions the legal implications of using commercial space assets for military purposes...
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 –...
How will the U.S. keep situational awareness about Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave? Is it even possible? Today’s guest essayist has exactly the right background to help us understand the challenges the intelligence community...
In an exciting piece of news, the New York Times reports that President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ms. Avril Haines to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). I am thrilled to hear this...
The recent events that have produced the impeachment inquiry have generated some questions to ponder: should those who classify themselves as whistleblowers always be entitled to have their identity kept from the American people? ...
What would a former intelligence community (IC) ‘customer’ tell prospective members of the IC? I had the opportunity to share some thoughts along those lines a few weeks ago when I was honored to...
At the Aspen Security Forum this week, FBI Director Christopher Wray characterized China “from a counterintelligence perspective” as representing “in many ways” the “broadest, most challenging, most significant threat we face as a country.” ...
There has been a lot of discussion recently about what impact developments in artificial intelligence might have on the military, but there is also a growing amount of talk regarding how emerging advancements in human...
On the blog Lawfare I have a new essay (“Why the Mueller Indictment Doesn’t Allege the Russians Swung the Election”) which explains not only why the recent indictments contain “no allegation … that the...
Over on Just Security I have a new essay, Let’s Leave “Crisis” and “Emergency” For the Real Thing, in which I critique two posts by another author who feverishly declared recent events related to...
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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