National Security
How Trump must now shift from candidate to commander-in-chief
Charlie Dunlap in TIME magazine
Professor of the practice of law; executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
He specializes in national security, international law, civil-military relations, cyberwar, airpower, counter-insurgency, military justice, and ethical issues related to the practice of national security law. Dunlap is a former deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Air Force who retired from the military in 2010 as a major general.
Charlie Dunlap in TIME magazine
With both major party candidates scheduled to address a veterans association this evening, Duke professors Charlie Dunlap and Peter Feaver weigh in on whether military endorsements are worth as much as the candidates think.
Time
"I have long believed that it is a melancholy but inescapable truth that in too many instances it takes litigation to get powerful corporate interests to do what they ought to do in the public interest. These days I think that there are instances where civil or criminal legal action against social media companies whose platforms are being used by terrorists could provide a needed incentive.”
Lawfire
Killer robots are what some are calling a class of weapons that do not yet exist, but could one day soon. Some argue that these weapons could target more precisely, and preserve the lives of human soldiers. National security expert Charlie Dunlap joins a discussion of whether these powerful weapons are key to more humane warfare or should be banned before it’s too late.
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At both ends of the political spectrum, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are attracting millions of voters who feel excluded from the political process. Such large numbers of disaffected voters are a bad sign not just for the major parties, but for the state of our democracy, says Charlie Dunlap, retired U.S. Air Force Major General and a professor of the practice at Duke Law School.
As the Paris attacks tragically illustrate, we already live in a world where the worst of humankind exhibit a stunning contempt for the law.
Just Security
The Defense Department announced Thursday that it’s opening combat jobs to women. Law professor Charlie Dunlap Jr., an expert on warfare policy and strategy, supports the move but notes some potential consequences.
In the first installment of "Office Hours," law professor and national security expert Charles Dunlap Jr. is interviewed by Duke freshman Ethan Miller about what actions the U.S. should take against ISIS.
Law professor Charles Dunlap emphasizes, “before we put another young American in harm's way on the ground, we ought to subject ISIS to the full might of U.S. and allied air power."
(Toronto) Globe and Mail