Yesterday morning, President Trump’s rhetoric about Iran reached a new level when he said, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it...
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...
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...
Recently, the New York Times (NYT) (here) and the Washington Post (here) published stories that can leave readers with the impression that U.S. military members are war criminals. In this instance, it’s for allegations...
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)...
I was pleased to join journalist Ben Wolfgang‘s terrific “Threat Status” podcast last week (co-host Guy Taylor wasn’t able to join the discussion). As Ben says, we talked “about the legal questions swirling around...
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...
There is lots of discussion these days about military uses of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI can provide many advantages, it also raises thorny questions under international humanitarian law (IHL) [otherwise known as the...
Can a commercial merchant ship be lawfully used as a launch platform for a surprise missile attack? Today, popular Lawfire® contributor Prof Pete Pedrozo unpacks for us some of the potential legal implications of...
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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