Do you know as much about nuclear deterrence as you’d like? Uncertain about the antinuclear hyperbole that’s been featured in the press of late? Fortunately, we have a new contributor, Mike Guillot, the former...
If you haven’t been following America’s rising tensions with China over Taiwan, now is the time to focus on what is an extremely dangerous (indeed, perhaps the most dangerous) situation in the world today. ...
Has the existence of the concept of “lawfare” achieved institutional consensus? I certainly think so, but founders of the blog that took the word for its title rather inexplicably don’t seem to want to...
More than three months ago when I wrote “Brace for Impact” Americans should prepare for terrible scenes coming out of Afghanistan, I said I hoped I was wrong. Sadly, as yesterday’s horrific events amply...
Want a really important (yet also entertaining) summer read? I’d recommend 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, a new bestseller penned by my war college classmate and retired NATO commander Admiral Jim...
What does ‘lawfare‘ mean – or should mean – in the 21st century? Today’s podcast can help to answer that question and more for you. The podcast arose from an extensive panel discussion about...
Do we want the energies of America’s ‘national security’ enterprise to focus on the increasing dangers from foreign state and non-state adversaries, or do we want it to concentrate on criminality traditionally the province...
Today’s guest post is the second in a series by Air Force lieutenant colonel Charles J. Gartland, who is the Law Chair Director at the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School. Lt Col...
President Biden has announced that all U.S. troops and other personnel will withdraw, without conditions, from Afghanistan by September 11th. Although the decision, we are told, was contrary to military advice, the purpose of...
Should every challenge America faces be categorized as a “national security” priority? If so, the country is in for trouble as the authentic national security threats need the full focus of America’s national security...
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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