Intimacies of
Remote Warfare
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.
Articles
War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality
Report
Amnesty International and Airwars compare the rhetoric of remote warfare with the realities.
Conceptualising Remote Warfare
Podcast
Oxford Research Group lecture by Jolle Demmers & Lauren Gould recorded as a podcast at the Conceptualising Remote Warfare conference.
Buy now, pay later: American military intervention and the strategic cost paradox
Article
Thomas Waldman explores how attempts at avoiding short-term political costs of war increase longer-term political and security costs.
Our remote war in Syria and Iraq
Events
Panel discussion on the remote war waged in Iraq and Syria, held 17th December 2018
Humanitized violence: Targeted killings and civilian deaths in the US war against the Islamic State
Article
Bonds charts the rise of 'humanitized violence' in the war against ISIS.
Stop our remote war in Syria and Iraq
Op-ed
Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould.