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.
After another round of negotiations and exchanges, IRW and its civil society partners put forward their second round of 16 recommendations to the Dutch MoD.
In this report, Prof. Roberto J. González reveals how the Pentagon’s billion-dollar big tech contracts are changing the military-industrial-commercial complex and result in unreliable AI-enabled weapons systems.
In this CNN documentary, RAW researcher Jessica Dorsey highlights how AI is likely to diminish transparency, accountability, and human control in the military domain.
IRW’s Lauren Gould, Marijn Hoijtink, and Linde Arentze reflect on the realities of algorithmic warfare and civilian harm in Gaza in The Conversation.
Researchers Jessica Dorsey and Marijn Hoijtink reflect in international media on ‘Lavender’, the AI targeting system producing thousands of targets in Gaza with little human oversight.
The Dutch MOD and a delegation of high-tech AI startups travelled to Ukraine last week to sign new military contracts. This is the military-industrial-commercial complex that IRW scholars coin in their latest chapter on swarm technology.
IRW’s Dr. Lauren Gould reflects on the importance of doing field research in an era of remote warfare in the latest podcast episode of NIOD Rewind.
IRW’s researcher Isa Zoetbrood analyses the Biden administration’s attempt to strategically navigate discussions about military action abroad.
Dr. Neil Renic & dr. Elke Schwarz problematize the use of AI driven weapons systems by drawing comparisons with patterns visible in historical cases of systematic killing.
Prof. Roberto J. González explores the lived experiences of soldiers and civilians who are directly affected by the introduction of unmanned and increasingly autonomous weapon systems on the 21st century battlefield.
Intimacies of Remote Warfare