Today’s post by Lawfire® favorite, retired Navy Captain Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, could not be more timely given the announcement today from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). It advised that U.S. military forces launched from USS...
In recent days, the President’s pronouncements about needing “Greenland for national security,” and the White House’s refusal to take military action off the table, have, as the headlines in the Wall Street Journal put...
Recent U.S. military strikes on boats allegedly loaded with illicit drugs (typically killing everyone on board) have caused discussions around dinner tables and in classrooms, in the U.S. and around the world. Most pundits charge...
Today we welcome a new Lawfire® contributor, Mr Ikenna Iheuwa, who grapples with the issue of how international law should consider situations where a “State-linked actor” penetrates a “sensitive national system” and implants “dormant...
Is the U.S. doing enough about the Mexican drug cartels that are fueling the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans? Should the U.S. use force against them in Mexico? Under what circumstances, if...
You may have seen reports about the alleged use of a sonic weapon by Serbian authorities on demonstrators in Belgrade. I asked Lawfire® contributor Bill Boothby to give a use a short primer on...
I am very pleased to welcome back Lawfire® contributor and LENS Conference participant, Dr. Aurel Sari. Dr. Sari is a very highly-respected international law expert, and one of the world’s top authorities on the...
Can cyber “sabotage” be employed in a way consistent with international law to slow or even thwart an adversary’s use of artificial intelligence to develop tools or weapons that threaten our security? That’s the...
One of the grimmest aspects of recent conflicts has been the proliferation hostage-taking. While this unconscionable tactic has been part of warfare since virtually the beginning of armed conflict, it has taken on new...
With tens of thousands of Americans being killed each year by illegal drugs, some respected authorities have suggested using military force against the Mexican drug cartels pouring their deadly poison into the U.S.. While...
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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