Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.

Professor of the Practice of Law

School of Law

dunlap@law.duke.edu

Duke Law School Room 3002, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

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Selected Publications

Book Reviews: Airpower in the War Against ISIS

Other Joint Force Quarterly · 2024 Cite

Return to Sender?: Analyzing the 'Open Letter' on Civilian Control of the Military

Journal Article Harvard National Security Journal · 2023 Cite

The Law of War and 'Dual Use' Commercial Satellites

Chapter · 2023 Link to item Cite

On “The Alt-Right Movement and US National Security” and Authors' Response

Journal Article Parameters · 2022 Link to item Cite

Why the Military Professionalism: Sky Is Not Falling

Chapter · 2021 Cite

The Law of Armed—and Unmanned—Conflict

Other Modern War Institute: Commentary & Analysis · 2021 Link to item Cite

Civil-Military Relations

Journal Article · 2021 Cite

Annie Get Your Gun: The Constitution, Women, and Involuntary Service in Combat

Journal Article Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020 Link to item Cite

Finding the Right U.S. Defense Leaders

Other Just Security · 2020 Cite

Clarifying the Law of Military Orders

Other CAAFlog · 2020 Cite

Autonomous Systems & International Norms

Journal Article Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs · 2020 Cite

The Golsteyn Case and Civilian Oversight in Military Justice

Other Lawfare · 2019 Cite

Body Counts Are Terrible Way for the Public to Assess US Counter-Terrorism Operations

Other Just Security · 2019 Cite

Booksplat: A Misfire on the Use of Force by Western Democracies

Journal Article · 2019 Cite

Trump’s Military Pardons Not Likely to Hurt Morale, Discipline

Other Breaking Defense · 2019 Cite

Reasonable People Can Differ on Trump’s Military Justice Actions

Other Small Wars Journal · 2019 Cite

Where Luke Hartig and I Agree on Drones (it’s More Than You Might Think)

Other Just Security · 2019 Cite

Yes, There are Plausible Legal Rationales for the Syria Strikes

Other Lawfare · 2018 Cite

Let’s Temper the Rhetoric About Civil-Military Relations

Other Small Wars Journal · 2018 Cite

Targeting of Persons: The Contemporary Challenges

Journal Article Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law · 2018 Link to item Cite

Book Reviews: Airpower in the War Against ISIS

Other Joint Force Quarterly · 2024 Cite

Return to Sender?: Analyzing the 'Open Letter' on Civilian Control of the Military

Journal Article Harvard National Security Journal · 2023 Cite

The Law of War and 'Dual Use' Commercial Satellites

Chapter · 2023 Link to item Cite

On “The Alt-Right Movement and US National Security” and Authors' Response

Journal Article Parameters · 2022 Link to item Cite

Why the Military Professionalism: Sky Is Not Falling

Chapter · 2021 Cite

The Law of Armed—and Unmanned—Conflict

Other Modern War Institute: Commentary & Analysis · 2021 Link to item Cite

Civil-Military Relations

Journal Article · 2021 Cite

Annie Get Your Gun: The Constitution, Women, and Involuntary Service in Combat

Journal Article Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020 Link to item Cite

Finding the Right U.S. Defense Leaders

Other Just Security · 2020 Cite

Clarifying the Law of Military Orders

Other CAAFlog · 2020 Cite

Autonomous Systems & International Norms

Journal Article Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs · 2020 Cite

The Golsteyn Case and Civilian Oversight in Military Justice

Other Lawfare · 2019 Cite

Body Counts Are Terrible Way for the Public to Assess US Counter-Terrorism Operations

Other Just Security · 2019 Cite

Booksplat: A Misfire on the Use of Force by Western Democracies

Journal Article · 2019 Cite

Trump’s Military Pardons Not Likely to Hurt Morale, Discipline

Other Breaking Defense · 2019 Cite

Reasonable People Can Differ on Trump’s Military Justice Actions

Other Small Wars Journal · 2019 Cite

Where Luke Hartig and I Agree on Drones (it’s More Than You Might Think)

Other Just Security · 2019 Cite

Yes, There are Plausible Legal Rationales for the Syria Strikes

Other Lawfare · 2018 Cite

Let’s Temper the Rhetoric About Civil-Military Relations

Other Small Wars Journal · 2018 Cite

Targeting of Persons: The Contemporary Challenges

Journal Article Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law · 2018 Link to item Cite

No, Ceasefires and Armistices Are Not “Outmoded”

Other Just Security · 2018 Cite

A Qualified Defense of Matthew Whitaker

Other Lawfare · 2018 Cite

Practitioners and the Law of War Manual

Chapter · 2018 Cite

Can We Talk? The Obligation of Military Service

Other War on the Rocks · 2018 Cite

Why Larger Defense Budgets Don’t Need to Come at the Expense of “Soft Power”

Other Just Security · 2018 Cite

Want to Save Teens? Driving Restrictions Could Save at Least as Many Lives as Gun Control

Other The Hill · 2018 Cite

Let’s Leave “Crisis” and “Emergency” for the Real Thing

Other Just Security · 2018 Cite

The Case for a Big, Beautiful Military Parade

Other The Atlantic · 2018 Cite

What do Sally Yates, Jack Goldsmith, and Kirk Douglas Have to Do with Each Other? Read On.

Other Lawfire · 2017 Cite

Lawfare 101: A Primer

Journal Article Military Law Review · 2017 Link to item Cite

"Cybervandalism" or "Digital Act of War?" America's Muddled Approach to Cyber Incidents Will Not Deter More Crises

Journal Article North Carolina Journal of International Law · 2017 Link to item Cite

Why Ethics Matter

Chapter · 2017 Cite

Social Justice and Silicon Valley: A Perspective on the Apple-FBI Case and the “Going Dark” Debate

Journal Article Connecticut Law review · 2017 Link to item Cite

Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu

Other YJIL Forum · 2017 Cite

Why a Russia Probe May Make the Left Squirm, Too, Not Just the Right

Other The Hill · 2017 Cite

The DoD Law of War Manual and its Critics: Some Observations

Journal Article International Law Studies · 2016 Link to item Cite

Military Justice

Chapter · 2016 Link to item Cite

Can Hillary's Email Troubles Stop Her From Being President? Maybe, But Not Necessarily for the Reason You May Think

Other Lawfire · 2016 Cite

Trump's Campaign Rhetoric, ISIS and the Law of War

Other Conversation · 2016 Cite

Why Can't the Media be More Transparent about Drones?

Other Hill · 2016 Cite

Getting the Law Right on Carpet Bombing and Civilian Casualties

Other War On the Rocks · 2016 Cite

Yes, We Can Lawfully Target Islamic State Trainees Preparing to Conduct Terrorist Attacks in Europe an Elsewhere

Other Just Security · 2016 Cite

Accountability and Autonomous Weapons: Much Ado About Nothing?

Journal Article Temple International & Comparative Law Journal · 2016 Link to item Cite

Is the U.S. Military Strategy Doing More Harm or Good in the Middle East?

Other Conversation · 2016 Cite

A Few Words about Memorial Day and More

Other Lawfire · 2016 Cite

Brexit and National Security? Keep Calm and Carry On

Other Lawfare · 2016 Cite

Facts that may be Surprising About the U.S. Defense Budget

Other Herald-Sun · 2016 Cite

Legally Speaking, the NATO Treaty Does Not Require the U.S. to "Automatically" Use Force to Defend Allies

Journal Article Small Wars Journal · 2016 Cite

Why Doesn't the ABA Consider Discrimination Based on Military or Veteran Status to be an Ethics Violation?

Other Just Security · 2016 Cite

Why Declarations of War Matter

Journal Article Harvard Law School National Security Journal · 2016 Link to item Cite

A Pardon for Patraeus

Other Washington Times · 2016 Cite

American Military Culture and Civil-Military Relations Today

Journal Article Lawfare · 2016 Link to item Cite

It's Wrong to Suppress the Military Vote

Other Hill · 2016 Cite

Reflections on Veterans Day: How Military Service Helps in Teaching at Duke Law

Other Lawfire · 2016 Cite

Trump's Cabinet of Ex-Generals will Help Keep Him Out of Wars, Not Push Him Into One

Other Vox · 2016 Cite

No Good Options Against ISIS Barbarism? Human Shields in 21st Century Conflicts

Journal Article AJIL Unbound · 2016 Link to item Cite

Lawfare

Chapter · 2015 Link to item Cite

To Ban New Weapons or Regulate Their Use?

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Bringing Bergdahl Home was the Right Choice -- Deserter or Not

Other Time · 2015 Cite

Civilian Casualities, Drones, Airstrikes, and the Perils of Policy

Other War On the Rocks · 2015 Cite

Casualties and Polls: Some Observations

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Book Review

Journal Article Parameters · 2015 Link to item Cite

Cyber Operations and the New Defense Department Law of War Manual: Initital Impressions

Other Lawfare · 2015 Cite

Human Shields and the DOD Law of War Manual: Can't We Improve the Debate?

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Military Commissions After Al-Bahlul

Other Lawfare · 2015 Cite

With New Ransom Policy, Obama is Thinking with His Heart, Not Head

Other Hill · 2015 Cite

Is the Military Option to Strike Iran (Legally) on the Table?

Other Hill · 2015 Cite

Let's Balance the Argument about the DOD Law of War Manual and Targeting

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Tightrope Act: Can New FISA Court Reforms Address Privacy Concerns Without Impeding Anti-Terrorism Efforts?

Journal Article Judicature · 2015 Link to item Cite

The New York Times, Dangerously Uninformed, VS. the Military

Other Hill · 2015 Cite

A Techno-Thriller That's Not Just for the Beach in August

Journal Article Lawfare Blog · 2015 Cite

Let's Get Facts on Afghan Hospital Incident Before Declaring a War Crime

Other Hill · 2015 Cite

Civilianizing Military Justice? Sorry, It Can't -- And Shouldn't -- Work

Other War On the Rocks · 2015 Cite

Drones Versus Their Critics: A Victory for President Obama's War Powers Legacy?

Other Small War Journal · 2015 Cite

Honor, Morality, and the DOD Law of War Manual

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Outsourcing Military Discipline is Bad for Everyone

Other War On the Rocks · 2015 Cite

Russians May Have a Strong Case in Turkish Shootdown

Other The Hill · 2015 Cite

A Better Way to Protect Civilians and Combatants than Weapons Bans: Strict Adherence to the Core Principles of the Law of War

Other Intercross Blog · 2015 Cite

Military Commissions and Fairness

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Human Shields: The Dialogue Continues

Other Just Security · 2015 Cite

Foreword

Journal Article · 2015 Cite

Clever or Clueless? Observations About Bombing Norm Debates

Chapter · 2014 Link to item Cite

Still Shortchanged: Some Observations About the New Army/Marine Corps COIN Doctrine

Other Small Wars Journal · 2014 Link to item Cite

Leave No Soldier Behind -- No Exceptions

Other The Great Debate · 2014 Cite

Does the Intelligence Community Fear Lawyers...or Legal Scrutiny?

Other Just Security · 2014 Cite

Book Review

Other Lawfare · 2014 Link to item Cite

The Hyper-Personlization of War: Cyber, Big Data, and the Changing Face of Conflict

Journal Article Georgetown Journal of International Affairs · 2014 Link to item Cite

Military Justice

Chapter · 2013 Link to item Cite

A Peek But Still No Clear Policy on Using Force Against U.S. Citizens

Other Newsobserver.com · 2013 Cite

Despite McCain's Words, Our Military Needs More, Not Fewer Women

Other Newsobserver.com · 2013 Cite

No Panacea in President's Counterterrorism Policy

Anticipatory Self-Defense and the Israeli-Iranian Crisis: Some Remarks

Journal Article ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law · 2013 Link to item Cite

On "The Lure of Strike"

Journal Article Parameters · 2013 Link to item Cite

The Role of Peacebuilding and Conflict Management in a Future American Grand Strategy: Time for an "Off Shore" Approach?

Chapter · 2013 Link to item Cite

Forum: The Moral Responsibility of Volunteer Soldier

Other Boston Review · 2013 Cite

Top Ten Reasons Sen. Gillibrand's Bill is the Wrong Solution to Military Sexual Assault

Other Just Security · 2013 Link to item Cite

The Moral Resposibility of Volunteer Soldiers

Other Boston Review · 2013 Link to item Cite

Some Observations Regarding Gabriella Blum's "Fog of Victory"

Journal Article European Journal of International Law · 2013 Link to item Cite

Responses to Five Questions

Journal Article William Mitchell Law Review · 2012 Link to item Cite

Law of War Manuals and Warfighting: A Perspective

Journal Article Texas International Law Journal · 2012 Link to item Cite

Ethical Issues of the Practice of National Security Law: Some Observations

Journal Article Ohio Northern University Law Review · 2012 Link to item Cite

The Intersection of Law and Ethics in Cyberwar: Some Reflections

Journal Article Air & Space · 2012 Link to item Cite

Do We Need New Regulations in International Humanitarian Law? One American's Perspective

Journal Article Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict · 2012 Link to item Cite

Lawless Cyberwar? Not if You Want to Win

Chapter · 2012 Cite

A Whole Lot of Substance or a Whole Lot of Rhetoric? A Perspective on a Whole-of-Government Approach to Security Challenges

Chapter · 2012 Link to item Cite

Charles Dunlap on the Discussion Started by Mark Mazzetti, The Drone Zone,

Other Lawfare · 2012 Cite

Bad Policies Breed Bad Behavior on Modern Battlefield Situations

Other Cleveland Plain Dealer · 2012 Cite

We Need New Policy, Not Draftees

Other New York Times · 2012 Cite

What is the Role of Lawyers in Cyberwarfare?

Other ABA Journal · 2012 Cite

Perspectives for Cyber Strategists on Law for Cyberwar

Journal Article Strategic Studies Quarterly · 2011 Link to item Cite

The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012

Journal Article Parameters · 2011 Link to item Cite

Responses to the Ten Questions

Journal Article William Mitchell Law Review · 2011 Link to item Cite

The Mottled Legacy of 9/11: A Few Reflections on the Evolution of the International Law of Armed Conflict

Journal Article Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law · 2011 Link to item Cite

Lawfare Today...and Tomorrow

Chapter · 2011 Link to item Cite

The Military-Industrial Complex

Journal Article Daedalus · 2011 Cite

A Tale of Two Judges: A Judge Advocate's Reflections on Judge Gonzales's Apologia

Journal Article Texas Tech Law Review · 2010 Link to item Cite

Does Lawfare Need an Apologia?

Journal Article Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2010 Link to item Cite

How We Lost the High-Tech War of 2020: A Warning From the Future

Journal Article Small Wars Journal · 2010 Link to item Cite

Come the Revolution: A Legal Perspective on Air Operations in Iraq Since 2003

Chapter · 2010 Link to item Cite

American Airpower in the 21st Century: Reconciling Strategic Imperatives with Economic Realities

Chapter · 2010 Link to item Cite

Air Power

Chapter · 2010 Cite

The Air Force and Twenty-First-Century Conflicts: Dysfunctional or Dynamic?

Chapter · 2010 Link to item Cite

Could Airstrikes Save Lives?

Lessons Learned: Enlisting Trust

Other Military Officers Association of America Magazine · 2010 Cite

Pilots Should Lead the Way at Airport Checkpoints

Other News & Observer · 2010 Cite

Foreword

Journal Article Air Force Law Review · 2010 Link to item Cite

A Wonderful Life

Journal Article Reporter · 2010 Link to item Cite

The Ethical Dimensions of National Security Law

Journal Article South Texas Law Review · 2009 Link to item Cite

Towards a Cyberspace Legal Regime in the 21st Century: Considerations for American Cyberwarriors

Journal Article Nebraska Law Review · 2009 Link to item Cite

Foreword

Journal Article · 2009 Cite

Lawfare: A Decisive Element of 21st-Century Conflicts?

Journal Article Joint Forces Quarterly · 2009 Link to item Cite

A JAG in La La Land

Journal Article Reporter · 2009 Link to item Cite

Reasons to Write

Journal Article Reporter · 2009 Link to item Cite

Roles, Missions,and Equipment: Military Lessons from Experience in This Decade

Other Army History · 2009 Link to item Cite

Military Lawyering and Professional Independence in the War on Terror: A Response to David Luban

Journal Article Stanford Law Review · 2008 Link to item Cite

Shortchanging the Joint Fight? An Airman's Perspective on FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine

Book · 2008 Link to item Cite

Lawfare Today: A Perspective

Journal Article Yale Journal of International Affairs · 2008 Link to item Cite

Shortchanging the Joint Fight? An Airman's Assessment of FM 3-24 and the Case for Developing Truly Joint COIN Doctrine

Report · 2008 Link to item Cite

Targeting Hearts and Minds: National Will and Other Legitimate Military Objectives of Modern War

Chapter · 2007 Cite

Legal Issues in Coalition Warfare: A U.S. Perspective

Chapter · 2006 Link to item Cite

Neo-Strategicon: Modernized Principles of War for the 21st Century

Journal Article Military Review · 2006 Link to item Cite

Dunlap's Very Subjective Reading List for Air Force Judge Advocates

Journal Article Reporter · 2006 Link to item Cite

Voices from the Stars? America's Generals and Public Debates

Other American Bar Association National Security Law Report · 2006 Link to item Cite

The Limits of Fourth-Generation Warfare

Other Marine Corps Gazette · 2005 Link to item Cite

....With Helmet and Flak Vest: Practicing International Law in War Zones

Other U.S. Air Force, Judge Advocate General · 2004 Link to item Cite

It Ain't No TV Show: JAGs and Modern Military Operations

Journal Article Chicago Journal of International Law · 2003 Link to item Cite

Meeting the Challenge of Cyberterrorism: Defining the Military Role in a Democracy

Chapter · 2002 Link to item Cite

Negotiations Goes to War

Journal Article Journal of Legal Studies · 2002 Link to item Cite

The Revolution in Military Legal Affairs: Air Force Legal Professionals in 21st Century Conflicts

Journal Article Air Force Law Review · 2001 Link to item Cite

The Thick Green Line: The Growing Involvement of Military Forces in Domestic Law Enforcement

Chapter · 2001 Cite

Law and Military Interventions: Preserving Humanitarian Values in 21st Conflicts

Journal Article Humanitarian Challenges in Military Interventions Conference · 2001 Link to item Cite

When Does an Unsafe Act Become a Crime?

Other Torch Mazazine · 2001 Link to item Cite

Special Operations Forces After Kosovo

Journal Article Joint Forces Quarterly · 2001 Link to item Cite

The Law and the Human Target in Information Warfare: Cautions and Opportunities

Chapter · 2000 Link to item Cite

Where Domestic Security and Civil Liberties Collide

Chapter · 2000 Cite

The End of Innocence: Rethinking Noncombatancy in the Post-Kosovo Era

Other Strategic Review · 2000 Link to item Cite

Book Reviews

Journal Article Strategic Review · 2000 Link to item Cite

Technology and the 21st Century Battlefield: Recomplicating Moral Life for the Statesman and the Soldier

Book · 1999 Link to item Cite

Arms, Right to Bear

Chapter · 1999 Cite

The Police-ization of the Military

Journal Article Journal of Political & Military Sociology · 1999 Link to item Cite

Organized Violence and the Future of International Law: A Practitioner's View of the Emerging Issues

Journal Article Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) · 1999 Link to item Cite

Kosovo, Casualty Aversion, and the American Military Ethos: A Perspective

Journal Article Journal of Legal Studies · 1999 Link to item Cite

The Legal Basis for No-Fly Zones

Other JAG Warrior · 1999 Link to item Cite

Preliminary Observations: Asymmetrical Warfare and the Western Mindset

Chapter · 1998 Link to item Cite

The Law of Cyberwar: A Case Study from the Future

Journal Article · 1998 Link to item Cite

Taming Shiva: Applying International Law to Nuclear Operations

Journal Article Air Force Law Review · 1997 Link to item Cite

Sometimes the Dragon Wins: A Perspective on Information-Age Warfare,

Journal Article Information Warfare · 1996 Cite

Cyberattack! Are We at War?

Other NCSA News · 1996 Link to item Cite

How We Lost the High-Tech War of 2007: A Warning for the Future

Other The Weekly Standard · 1996 Link to item Cite