At our 27th Annual National Security Law Conference we were privileged to have Professor Mike Newton as our kickoff speaker on Friday, February 25th. As many of you know, Mike is one of the...
Eric Chang’s latest contribution to our series on the Ukraine crisis discusses the range of legal actions being taken by the Ukraine against Russia, and makes the case for a Special Tribunal. Ukraine is...
In today’s post my friend (and, really, mentor of many years) retired colonel Dave Graham reviews Yale’s Sam Moyn’s provocative new book “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War,.” I think...
There has been a lot of reportage recently that alleges civilian harm in various U.S. operations in the Middle East. In too many instances, however, the explanation (if any) of the applicable law is...
When a reference on the law of war touts itself as a “Commander’s Handbook” it gets my attention, especially when it come with an imprimatur from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ...
Should the immediate reaction to civilian casualties in a complex combat operation be a “possible war crimes” allegation? Or should some preliminary effort be made to ascertain the soldier’s reasoning and mindset before making...
The looting and theft of art has been a vile feature of armed conflict throughout history. Movies like 2014’s The Monuments Men brought to the public’s attention the evil of Nazi art thievery during...
Today’s guest post is a truly fascinating one by my great friend, Adam Oler, who explains the sophisticated counter-atrocity education the National Defense University (NDU) offers military and civilian leaders attending its graduate programs. ...
Today’s post is by previous Lawfire® contributor, my friend Brian Lee Cox, who is an adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School, a visiting scholar at Queen’s Law, and a retired U.S. Army...
Today’s guest post is from Maj. Chase Gunnell of the law faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Chase grapples with the implications of the recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...
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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