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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Book Reviews: Airpower in the War Against ISIS

Other Joint Force Quarterly · 2024 Cite

The Law of Armed—and Unmanned—Conflict

Other Modern War Institute: Commentary & Analysis · 2021 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

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

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

No, Ceasefires and Armistices Are Not “Outmoded”

Other Just Security · 2018 Cite

A Qualified Defense of Matthew Whitaker

Other Lawfare · 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

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

Why the Foreign Policy Sky Is Not Falling

Other Just Security · 2017 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 The 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

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

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

Other Just Security · 2016 Cite

Obama Should Pardon David Petraeus

Other Washington Times · 2016 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

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

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

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

Other Hill · 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Other Army History · 2009 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