Today’s post engages another aspect of our ongoing discussion about the Ukraine crisis: if Russia does invade or otherwise behaves in a way that triggers the sanctions the U.S. and NATO have threatened, what...
The normally very highly-reliable Congressional Research Service (CRS) seems to have missed the mark a bit with its recent (Dec 10) report on the “Use of Force in Cyberspace.” There are certainly aspects of...
In today’s post popular LENS Conference speaker Mr. Dean Cheng wrestles with one of the toughest national security issues these days: at what point do–or should–cyber actions become a casus belli? In addressing that...
A few weeks ago the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists headlined an interview with novelist and academic Jeffery Lewis claiming it would explain “[h]ow the coronavirus outbreak is like a nuclear attack.” Indeed, Lewis...
A few weeks ago the Washington Post reported a U.S. offensive cyber operation against the Russian-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) shortly before the 2018 election. Allow me to explain why this operation may indicate...
The question is not whether more cyber attacks will occur, but how prepared we are to deal with them. The Incident Response Forum in Washington, DC. on April 4 focused on just that issue. ...
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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