Late breaking news: unfortunately, due to complications arising from the severe weather in this area, we have to postpone this event. We’ll let you know when its rescheduled. Apologies for any inconvenience! This coming...
“Shortbursts” is a Lawfire® feature you will see occasionally, and it aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items. Filling the Supreme Court vacancy: The press is alive...
If you are interested in national security, but don’t have much of a background, how can you close the gap? Reading (and listening) is a great way to do so, especially as the summer...
Last Friday the President issued a Proclamation declaring “Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, as a day of prayer for permanent peace.” He also said: “On Memorial Day, we pause in solemn gratitude to pay tribute...
As Lawfire readers know, one of the purposes of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) is to develop the next generation of national security leaders. In pursuing that goal, we try to give new...
You’ve heard of “black swans”? If not, they are events “that come as a surprise, [have] a major effect, and [are] often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.” Generally, they have...
Duke Law students interested in national security issues are having a busy semester. Last week several students had the opportunity to meet with Lisa Monaco, the former Justice Department prosecutor who served as the...
In the military you unfortunately hear about young people dying tragically, but you never really get used to it. That’s why I was shocked and deeply saddened when I heard this week about...
“Shortbursts” is a new Lawfire feature you will see occasionally, and it aims to give you a quick volley of info on a number of items. As April has been such a busy month, I...
Over on the Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) online Forum I have a short post (“Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu”) in which I provide an opposing view to a YJIL...
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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