Today’s post is an extremely important one as it gives us the often hard-to-get warfighter’s perspective on the much-discussed topic of ‘“lawfare” and legal operations. Air Force Maj. Gen. Barre R. Seguin is the...
Today’s podcast, from our recently-completed 25th Anniversary National Security Law Conference, is by Dr. Aurel Sari, one of the world’s top experts on the legal aspects of what many are calling “grey zone” or...
At our 25th Annual National Security Law Conference we were honored to have LTG Charles “Chuck” Pede, the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General, as our speaker at the conference dinner. We are pleased to...
Few topics are more controversial than offensive cyber operations, so we were thrilled to have Professor Mike Schmitt address that topic in his keynote address for our 25th Annual National Security Law Conference last...
In the aftermath of the drone strike that killed Maj.Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (a U.S.-designated terrorist organization), there were plenty of commentaries about the legality and/or political...
This conference will sell out fast! On February 28-29, the 25th Annual National Security Law Conference of Duke’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security will take place and you’ll definitely want to be...
Recently, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar accused President Trump of “threatening to commit ‘war crimes’ against Iran.” Actually, although international law does provide special protection to certain cultural sites, attacking them (or threatening...
Today a news reporter asked whether the killing of General Qasem Soleimani, who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (a U.S.-designated terrorist organization), amounted to “assassination” as proscribed in Executive Order (EO) 12333. ...
Last week the President took some controversial actions in several military justice cases and – as is so often is the case these days – the press doesn’t get the story quite right. For...
Ever wonder how weapons empowered by artificial intelligence (AI) could possibly comply with the law of war? Today’s guest post from Army LTC Ryan Beery has some answers for you. In fact, one 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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