After the U.S. and Israeli began the strikes against Iran that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacked a wide variety of Iranian military assets, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the operation...
Since the President ordered the attacks on Iran (with the U.S. title of “Operation Epic Fury” (OEF)) there has been no shortage of critics claiming the actions violated the U.S. Constitution. They assert that...
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...
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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