Report: 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.
About the Programme
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.
Featured
Eyes in the sky – bodies on the ground
Gregory on the human impacts of technological warfare.
Journal Article: Vicarious warfare: The counterproductive consequences of modern American military practice
Thomas Waldman details how delegation, darkness and danger-proofing contribute to blowback effects for states waging remote warfare.
Defining Remote Warfare: Security Cooperation
Watts and Biegon examine practices of Remote Warfare on the ground.
Digital civilian detectives
This documentary from Schuchen Tan examines the use of open-source intelligence for monitoring and investigating conflict.
National Bird
This documentary tells the human stories of the individuals tasked with carrying out remote warfare and the toll it takes.
Shadow World
Based on the book by Andrew Feinstein, this documentary explores the pervasive influence of the global arms trade on contemporary war. It also gives insight into the drives behind the development and use of the advanced technologies that facilitate remote intervention.
Journal Article: Externalizing the Burden of War: the Obama Doctrine and US foreign policy in the Middle East
Krieg on the light footprints and dark shadows of US foreign policy under Obama.
Book: A Theory of the Drone
Gregoire Chamayou’s searing critique of drone warfare.
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.
Intimacies of Remote Warfare