Is the U.S. doing enough about the Mexican drug cartels that are fueling the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans? Should the U.S. use force against them in Mexico? Under what circumstances, if...
2024 has been a busy (and interesting!) year! Today’s post takes a look at some Lawfire® highlights starting with a “baker’s dozen” of the most viewed posts of the past 12 months. As you...
Today is the day millions of Americans focus on giving thanks for the good things in their lives. What would they be? According to a new YouGov poll: “The thing that the most Americans...
Today Duke Law 3L Anighya Crocker takes on a very timely topic: the scope of the President’s emergency powers and the role Congress can–and should–have in scoping these authorities while not hampering the Executive’s...
Mexican drug cartels present a deadly threat to thousands Americans by trafficking fentanyl and other lethal poisons into the U.S. A number of steps have been taken against the cartels, but should the U.S.....
One of the grimmest aspects of recent conflicts has been the proliferation hostage-taking. While this unconscionable tactic has been part of warfare since virtually the beginning of armed conflict, it has taken on new...
With tens of thousands of Americans being killed each year by illegal drugs, some respected authorities have suggested using military force against the Mexican drug cartels pouring their deadly poison into the U.S.. While...
Do you know what “hybrid war” means? Does international law consider it “war” or “peace”? How should the law assess it? Does it matter? In “Mind the Gap? Jus ad Bellum and Jus in...
Lawfire® readers who have been following the war between Hamas and Israel may have read media reports about how cryptocurrency has played a role in financing Hamas (as well as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad...
Could using a cell phone get a civilian lawfully targeted in war? Maybe. The Ukraine conflict has seen many uses of technology–new and old–that are relevant not only with respect to the current fighting,...
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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