This round-up looks at the military-tech complex including exploration of robots on the battlefield, acquisition of armed drones and the consequences of drone warfare for the pilots operating them.

In this weeks round-up, we answer some of the main questions regarding the U.S pull out from Afghanistan and how this may lead to more remote warfare in the country’s future.

The Remote Warfare roundup is a bi-weekly digest of unfolding news, op-eds and reports relevant to remote warfare.

The Remote Warfare roundup is a bi-weekly digest of unfolding news, op-eds and reports relevant to remote warfare.

In his latest article for the Correspondent Lennart Hofman addresses the changing nature of war and its increased invisibility against the backdrop of the upcoming Dutch elections.

In his latest op-ed published in the daily paper Trouw, Jip van Dort raises a rather sinister question: What exactly do we (or are we allowed to) know about the dark side of warfare, specifically about civilian casualties?

The notion that deploying drones will enable militaries to conduct war with greater precision and less civilian harm is neither new, nor accurate argues the IRW team in an op-ed for the Dutch newspaper the NRC.

Watch Intimacies of Remote Warfare project founder Prof. Jolle Demmers tackling the big questions surrounding remote warfare and call for more transparency in her recent talk for Stadium Generale.

‘The conversation is not about the morality of going to war, but rather the technology of winning’ claims former US Marine Anthony Swofford in article for MIT Technology Review.

A panel of experts discuss current trends, initiatives, and opportunities in building meaningful standards on the proliferation and use of armed drones.