The Intimacies of Remote Warfare is an evidence-based research programme that aims to inform academic, public and policy debates on the intimate realities of remote wars waged by advanced militaries.
The programme investigates the politics, operations, technologies, and political economy of remote warfare, as well as its impact on civilian harm and blowback. IRW engages with key stakeholders to participate in expert round tables, co-create knowledge, and formulate policy recommendations. It shares its findings through academic journals and books, op-eds, podcasts, documentaries, public events, a summer school, and (social) media outlets.
Here you will find our own research output and a variety of other publications and media that we have been inspired by in our investigations into the Intimacies of Remote Warfare.
In the latest issue of Leiden Journal of International Law, Dr. Machiko Kanetake reflects on IRW’s Hawija report and the way its contents should influence debates in international humanitarian law.
In their latest book publication, IRW’s Jip van Dort, Lauren Gould, and Marrit Woudwijk bring together researchers, politicians, NGOs, lawyers, and victims of the 2015 Dutch F16 bombing of Hawija to reflect on remote warfare, civilian harm and democratic control.
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As a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Dutch Ministry of Defense saw its budget increase drastically for the first time since the Cold War. In an op-ed in Het Parool, IRW’s Jip van Dort and PAX’s Erin Bijl argue that a modest part of this budget should be invested in the creation of victim compensation funds.
Guest author Emma Laumann reflects on the latest round of stalled talks at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and asks what is next for the regulation of autonomous weapons?
IRW looks back on an illuminating Realities of Algorithmic Warfare Symposium.
On Tuesday 14 June from 20:00 to 21:30 CEST, dr. Gould will lecture on the ‘remote warfare paradox’ and her successful efforts to expose the civilian harm effects of the 2015 Dutch airstrike of Hawija at the Instituto Cervantes, Utrecht.
In her latest article ‘”Prototype warfare”: Innovation, optimisation, and the experimental way of warfare” that appeared in the European Journal of International Security earlier this month, dr. Marijn Hoijtink sets out to map the contours of a new regime of warfare.
On 8 June 2022, IRW’s Prototype Warfare project will host a symposium in collaboration with the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) to discuss the current state of the development, deployment, and regulation of autonomy in defence systems.
While the war in Ukraine rages on, the Dutch state seems to be laying the political foundations for the armament of its military drones. In an op-ed in Het Parool, IRW’s Lauren Gould and Jip van Dort reflect on the shortcomings of this political process.
Intimacies of Remote Warfare