Defense Policy Archives - Georgetown Law - Center on National Security

The world’s only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to security law and policy issues, including counterterrorism intelligence, cybersecurity, space law, autonomous weapons, artificial intelligence, international humanitarian law, and domestic terrorism.

Faculty Journal Advisors: Laura K. Donohue, David Koplow, and David Luban. Journal Advisor: Todd Huntley

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Published since 2003

Editor-in-Chief William C. Banks

Defense Policy

Hard Cash and Easy Money: Funding Authority for Security Force Assistance Brigades

Defense Policy

One China Reality Check: The Manipulation of Risk and the Myth of Strategic Ambiguity

Book Reviews

The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions

Defense Policy

Trump and NATO: Will NATO Survive Under a Second Trump Administration?

CybercrimeCyberespionage

Zero-Day Delivery: Hacking Risks and the Use of Machine Learning for Military Logistics

Defense PolicyEmerging Technology

National Security and Competition: How Courts Evaluate National Security When Assessing a Merger

Defense PolicyEmerging Technology

Should the DoD Go Marching-in? US Innovation Leadership & DoD IP Rights

Defense Policy

Exploring the Military’s Medical Standards in the Context of Low Recruitment Numbers

Book ReviewsDefense Policy

Will Soper Responds to Tyler Smotherman’s Review of “Greytown Is No More!”

Defense PolicyHuman Rights

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

Book ReviewsDefense Policy

Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

CybersecurityDefense Policy

A New Framework for Cyber Operations: Reevaluating Traditional Military Activities and Intelligence Collection in the Digital Age

International Law

US Commercial Space Regulation: The Rule of Three

Defense PolicyForeign Policy

Endless War Challenges Analysis of Drone Strike Effectiveness

Defense PolicyInternational Security

Drone Strike—Analyzing Public Perceptions of Legitimacy

Defense PolicyInternational Law

Over-the Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond

Defense PolicyMilitary Law

The First Calling Forth Clause: The Constitution’s Non-Emergency Power to Call Forth the Militia to Execute the Laws

CybercrimeCyberespionage

Outsourcing the Cyber Kill Chain: Reinforcing the Cyber Mission Force and Allowing Increased Contractor Support of Cyber Operations

Defense PolicyForeign Policy

Topics

Hard Cash and Easy Money: Funding Authority for Security Force Assistance Brigades

One China Reality Check: The Manipulation of Risk and the Myth of Strategic Ambiguity

The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions

Trump and NATO: Will NATO Survive Under a Second Trump Administration?

Zero-Day Delivery: Hacking Risks and the Use of Machine Learning for Military Logistics

National Security and Competition: How Courts Evaluate National Security When Assessing a Merger

Should the DoD Go Marching-in? US Innovation Leadership & DoD IP Rights

Exploring the Military’s Medical Standards in the Context of Low Recruitment Numbers

Will Soper Responds to Tyler Smotherman’s Review of “Greytown Is No More!”

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

A New Framework for Cyber Operations: Reevaluating Traditional Military Activities and Intelligence Collection in the Digital Age

US Commercial Space Regulation: The Rule of Three

Endless War Challenges Analysis of Drone Strike Effectiveness

Drone Strike—Analyzing Public Perceptions of Legitimacy

Over-the Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond

The First Calling Forth Clause: The Constitution’s Non-Emergency Power to Call Forth the Militia to Execute the Laws

Outsourcing the Cyber Kill Chain: Reinforcing the Cyber Mission Force and Allowing Increased Contractor Support of Cyber Operations

By, With, And Through: Section 1202 and the Future of Unconventional Warfare

Journal Topic: Defense Policy

Topics

All Journal: Defense Policy items

Hard Cash and Easy Money: Funding Authority for Security Force Assistance Brigades

One China Reality Check: The Manipulation of Risk and the Myth of Strategic Ambiguity

The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions

Trump and NATO: Will NATO Survive Under a Second Trump Administration?

Zero-Day Delivery: Hacking Risks and the Use of Machine Learning for Military Logistics

National Security and Competition: How Courts Evaluate National Security When Assessing a Merger

Should the DoD Go Marching-in? US Innovation Leadership & DoD IP Rights

Exploring the Military’s Medical Standards in the Context of Low Recruitment Numbers

Will Soper Responds to Tyler Smotherman’s Review of “Greytown Is No More!”

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

A New Framework for Cyber Operations: Reevaluating Traditional Military Activities and Intelligence Collection in the Digital Age

US Commercial Space Regulation: The Rule of Three

Endless War Challenges Analysis of Drone Strike Effectiveness

Drone Strike—Analyzing Public Perceptions of Legitimacy

Over-the Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond

The First Calling Forth Clause: The Constitution’s Non-Emergency Power to Call Forth the Militia to Execute the Laws

Outsourcing the Cyber Kill Chain: Reinforcing the Cyber Mission Force and Allowing Increased Contractor Support of Cyber Operations

By, With, And Through: Section 1202 and the Future of Unconventional Warfare