Fuzzy about the international law applicable to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems? Allow today’s guest blogger, Zhanna Malekos Smith to help you clarify. Readers may recall that Zhanna joined the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) and the Duke...
A very wide range of national and, really, international security issues confronted the U.S. and the world in 2018, and Lawfire® readers got a unique perspective on many of them. Here are the top ten...
Interested in how artificial intelligence (AI) and the law will operate together (or not) in future conflicts? If so, then today’s guest post is exactly what you are looking for! U.S. Army judge...
Last week a panel was presented at Duke Law that was supposed to address “Texas Borders and Immigration Policies” but wound up being mostly a polemic against efforts to secure the border, and included...
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...
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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