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...
During their 1L summer Duke Law students do internships in a wide variety of legal offices, but my terrific research assistant, Léa Frenkel, had a rather unusual one. She served as the only American...
Given the controversial decision by the Administration to furnish cluster munitions to Ukraine, Lawfire® will host a mini forum on this multifaceted issue. In this installment we hear from Robert “Butch” Bracknell who will...
Today’s post unpacks for us some of the complexities associated with Finland’s and Sweden’s bid to join NATO. Few are better to undertake this analysis than my friend Butch Bracknell who spent most of...
Today Lawfire® is pleased to present an essay by Navy lieutenant James Cook introducing a new podcast on Operational Maritime Law. This is an area which really needs a podcast, especially one that, as...
Today’s guest post comes from Monsignor Stuart Swetland, and he is no ordinary commentator: read his impressive bio and you’ll find that he’s a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a Rhodes Scholar...
Recently the President warned business leaders that Russia has “a very sophisticated cyber capability” and “may be planning a cyberattack against us.” I agree, but I also think any such cyber-attack may not necessarily...
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 –...
Update Feb 24: Despite my earlier optimism, Russia did invade. I’d like to invite you to check out my latest essay: Ukraine, economic “war,” and the cyber conflict that could follow Here’s the original,...
Today’s post engages another aspect of our ongoing discussion about the Ukraine crisis: if Russia does invade or otherwise behaves in a way that triggers the sanctions the U.S. and NATO have threatened, what...
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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