I am extremely pleased that Professor Curt Bradley, formerly of Duke Law and now at the University of Chicago Law School, very kindly accepted my invitation to tell us about the new edition of...
Today we welcome two new Lawfire® contributors, Captain Dustin E. Wallace, USN, and Captain Ian Santicola, USN, who continue the discussion of lawfare. They explain how U.S. Pacific Command executes a principled counter-lawfare program...
Many Lawfire® readers my have seen disturbing headlines last week like this one from CNBC: “OpenAI cyber models broke out of training environment to hack Hugging Face.” Fortunately, we have a top expert, my friend...
Today we have an interesting essay by a new Lawfire® contributor, Lt Col John Reid, USAF. John just graduated from the National War College (my alma mater!), and he offers a very thoughtful critique...
Over the weekend America lost one of its most important leaders, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Among Senator Graham’s many accomplishments were his more than three decades of service in the Air Force...
Success in modern conflicts does not necessarily go to the side with the better warfighting, per se, but may go to the one that most quickly produces and proliferates a convincing narrative supporting its...
This year, we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, and my friend Bill Knightly, a historian with special expertise in the Revolution (and Lawfire contributor!), helps us remember how challenging it was for the Revolution to...
When I published Some summer 2026 reading suggestions…and more! I said popular Lawfire® contributor Maggie McGinnis would be writing a review of Sarah Isgur’s new book, Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty...
At this year’s Judge Advocate Association (JAA)/Judge Advocate’s Foundation 2026 Awards Dinner, General Joseph L Votel, USA (Ret.) was the special guest speaker. Though I wasn’t able to attend, I heard great things about...
In the war against Iran, U.S. forces struck over 13,660 targets, but attention has focused on the allegation that one of those strikes hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, which was located on an...