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...
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...
I am very pleased to welcome today’s guest essayist as he’s introducing to Lawfire® readers his extraordinarily provocative and important new law review article about U.S. space policy. In it he highlights an aspect...
Each year U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) presents one of the world’s most important legal conferences about developments in cyber operations. If you missed this year’s, I have good news for you: thanks to the...
The growing role of social media in the Ukraine conflict is garnering increasing notice in the press, with some suggesting that given how it is so significantly influencing world opinion, we are seeing the...
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 –...
Today’s post introduces the latest addition to the LENS Essay Series, a fascinating article by a brilliant Duke Law 3L, Lindsay Kenney, entitled “The ‘Havana Syndrome’ and the Use of Force: Reality, Hypotheticals, and...
The normally very highly-reliable Congressional Research Service (CRS) seems to have missed the mark a bit with its recent (Dec 10) report on the “Use of Force in Cyberspace.” There are certainly aspects of...
Today’s post is about an extremely important topic for warfighters and their legal advisors: the development of the international law as it relates to cyber operations. One of the most influential contributions to this...
Can science enable soldiers to become not just superior warfighters, but also people better equipped to make legal and moral judgements about the use of force? That’s the intriguing question addressed in today’s post...
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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