Lauren Gould on NPO Radio 1
Project Leader Lauren Gould is interviewed on NPO Radio 1 about transparency and civilian harm in Dutch military actions.
News and Blogs
Ignorance in war is not an excuse
The Dutch Ministry of Defence claim that they cannot know how many civilian casualties occur in their remote wars to evade accountability and public outcry. This is what Lauren Gould en Nora Stel write in their Dutch op-ed for the NRC.
Hawija Case: NGOs are unsatisfied with the quality of the Dutch Ministry of Defence aerial attack data
Unfortunately both the form and content of the data that is now published by the Dutch Ministry of Defence is not what is needed to be able to excersise democratic control, state Airwars Stichting, PAX and the The Intimacies of Remote Warfare-programma.
If you want to know the impact of Dutch bombs on Syria, ask the refugees here
Lennart Hofman and Marrit Woudwijk explore the ‘lesser truth’ of the remote warfare waged by the Netherlands in Syria, as interpreted by Syrian refugees in the Netherlands.
In een ‘schone oorlog’ vloeit net zo goed bloed
Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and David Snetselaar.
War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality
Amnesty International and Airwars compare the rhetoric of remote warfare with the realities.
Stop de langeafstandsoorlog in Syrië en Irak
Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould.
Liquid Warfare: AFRICOM and its pop-up militarization
Security Dialogue Author’s blog on AFRICOM and its pop-up militarization.
Remote Warfare and its Discontents
Blog post on transparency, accountability and scrutiny in remote warfare.