Remote Interventionism Politics Panel Discussion 13 September, 2017 Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould were on the panel for a discussion on Remote Interventionism at the 11th Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association, held in Barcelona on September 13-16th, 2017.
The Netherlands is trying to maintain the myth of a ‘clean’ war 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? 2 February, 2021
More drones, more war 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 NRC. 28 December, 2020
How Remote is Remote Warfare? 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. 9 December, 2020
Multilateralism and Armed Drones: Escaping the Gridlock A panel of experts discuss current trends, initiatives, and opportunities in building meaningful standards on the proliferation and use of armed drones. 16 November, 2020
Drone Warfare: Today, Tomorrow, Forever? This webinar addresses the trends in global drone development and use, and discusses where campaigners should be focusing their efforts in the coming years. 9 November, 2020
Lack of Political Oversight and Legal Accountability Increases the Risk of Special Forces Being Used Illegally In a recent article for the Human Security Centre, IRW’s Jack Davies argues that SOF lack political oversight and legal accountability. Davies, J. 2 November, 2020
Remote Warfare & Drones: Discourses on Dutch Drones This IRW project tracks and analyses the political rhetoric and narrative of armed drones. 15 October, 2020
Holding the powerful to account Webinar on legal claims involving the military in Iraq and Afghanistan. 22 September, 2020
How Remote is Remote Warfare? What does it mean for warfare to be ‘remote’? How can the turn to remote warfare among Western countries be explained? And what effect does this distance have on transparency and accountability? On the 1st of December, The Intimacies of Remote Warfare project leader Prof. Dr. Jolle Demmers will be tackling the big questions surrounding 10 September, 2020
UN Special Rapporteur casts a new light on enduring issues in remote warfare New report takes a fresh look at old issues. Neil Wilson 17 July, 2020
The Good War This five part podcast series made by IRW’s Isa Zoetbrood reflects on The Netherlands’ use of remote warfare. 13 July, 2020
Perfect War and its Contestations Chapter from Demmers, Gould and Snetselaar in the book, “Spaces of War, War of Spaces,” published by Bloomsbury Demmers, J., Gould, L., & Snetselaar, D. 9 July, 2020
WarPod Ep #16 | The Remote Warfare Paradox Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould discuss the Remote Warfare Paradox on the ORG Warpod podcast Lauren Gould, Jolle Demmers 26 June, 2020
The Remote Warfare Paradox Advance preview from the forthcoming book “Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on how the democratic desire for zero-risk war lowers the threshold for military engagement. Demmers, J., & Gould, L. 20 June, 2020
Perfect War/Truth: Remote warfare and its capacity to ward off inconvenient counter truths Jolle Demmers, Lauren Gould and David Snetselaar talk on regimes of truth and remote warfare in Brussels. 28 May, 2020
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. Gould, L., Stel, N. 14 May, 2020
Lawfare and Remote Warfare Reviewing Craig Jones’ research on the instrumental use of law in justifying and enabling remote warfare. Jones, C. 9 April, 2020
Law and the Soleimani Strike The Lawfare Podcast explores the key legal questions surrounding the drone attack on Qassem Soleimani. 6 January, 2020
The Remote Warfare Paradox Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould talk at the Conflict Research Society’s Annual Conference titled “Conflict Research and Practice in a Post-Liberal World.” 8 September, 2019
Remote Warfare: Remote Justice? An assemblage approach is taken to understand how and why the members of European Forum on Drones act in dynamic alliances of states, institutions, organisations, groups, expert individuals, discourses, treaties, laws and regulations to govern the use of armed drones Snetselaar, D. 1 September, 2019
In een ‘schone oorlog’ vloeit net zo goed bloed Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and David Snetselaar. Demmers, J., Snetselaar, D. 25 June, 2019
Optimizing Coalition Air Warfare: The Emergence and Ethical Dilemmas of Red Card Holder Teams Jacobsen and Saugmann examine the operationalisation of international law through Red Card Holders in collaborative military interventions. Jacobsen, K. L.; Saugmann, R. 14 June, 2019
Shaping the Borderlands: the spatial and temporal reconfigurations of modern warfare Talk at the Conceptualising Remote Warfare conference. 28 February, 2019
Onze Langeafstandsoorlog in Syrië en Irak Panel discussion on the remote war waged in Iraq and Syria, held 17th December 2018 17 December, 2018
Onze Langeafstandsoorlog in Syrië en Irak Panel discussion on the remote war waged in Iraq and Syria, held 17th December 2018 Gould, L., Demmers, J. 17 December, 2018
Stop de langeafstandsoorlog in Syrië en Irak Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould. Gould, L., Demmers, J. 26 September, 2018
Remote Warfare and its Discontents Blog post on transparency, accountability and scrutiny in remote warfare. Demmers, J., Gould, L. 17 May, 2018
Lawful but Awful? Legal and Political Challenges of Remote Warfare and Working with Partners Knowles and Watson explore the legal grey zones of British military partnering. Knowles, E., Watson, A. 5 May, 2018
The Intimacies of Remote Warfare Conference International seminar on the changing nature of warfare, held 6-7th December 2017 6 December, 2017
Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars This documentary presents an overview of remote warfare’s inconvenient truths: violations of international law, loss of innocent life, psychological and societal trauma, and potential blowback. 22 October, 2013
