Intimacies of Remote Warfare
  • Politics
  • Political Economy
  • Security Cooperation
  • Technologies
  • Civilian Harm
  • Content
    • Research Publications
    • Media
    • Events
    • Projects
  • About
 
  • Politics
  • Political Economy
  • Security Cooperation
  • Technologies
  • Civilian Harm
  • About

Technologies

The Technologies of Remote Warfare

Here you will find a variety of relevant publications, op-eds, events, and podcasts published by ourselves and others.

The history of warfare has been defined by technological innovation. Everything from gunpowder to the atomic bomb has radically altered the way wars are fought and how peace is achieved. Remote warfare is no exception. Conducting warfare from a distance is made possible by a complex network of technologies including surveillance, algorithms, machine learning, unmanned and autonomous vehicles, and precision-guided munitions. By transforming what is possible on and off the battlefield, the ascendency of these technologies raises fresh questions about the role of humans in warfare as well as how the technologies themselves are developed and proliferated.
Technologies
Commentary
16 March 2022
16/03/22

Autonomy in the kill-chain: More than semantics?

Commentary
This article examines a 2020 incident in Libya, of which the UN reported the use of a lethal autonomous weapon. It provides insight into what is meant by autonomy in weapon systems and its ramifications for war and its victims, both current and future.
Technologies
Internship
21 February 2022
21/02/22

Prototype Warfare CEL Project

Internship
IRW is excited to announce our new Community Engaged Learning project under the Prototype Warfare programme.
Technologies
Project
19 December 2021
19/12/21

The Prototype Warfare Project

Project
This IRW project develops a fuller understanding of how humans shape technologies, and how technologies shape our actions in warfare.
Political Economy
Podcast
Lauren Gould
03 November 2021
03/11/21

Surveillance and Remote Warfare

Lauren Gould
Podcast
IRW's project leader Lauren Gould relays why she thinks the concept of surveillance is key to understanding the changing nature of warfare in the 21st century.
Politics
Commentary
Marijn Hoijtink, Marlene Tröstl
31 May 2021
31/05/21

The Intimacies of Soldier-Robot Relations

Marijn Hoijtink et al
Commentary
Guest authors dr. Marijn Hoijtink and Marlene Tröstl reflect on the sharp contrast between human empathy for military robots and the dehumanization of local publics that underpins remote warfare.
Technologies
Conference
Lauren Gould
26 February 2021

How are novel military technologies changing modern conflicts?

Lauren Gould
Conference
Don't miss IRW Director Dr Lauren Gould speaking about how novel military technologies are changing modern conflict at NGO PAX's online symposium.
Politics
Op-ed
Lauren Gould, Isa Zoetbrood
28 December 2020
28/12/20

More drones, more war

Lauren Gould et al
MQ-9 Reaper
Op-ed
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.
Technologies
Commentary
Anthony Swofford
25 November 2020
25/11/20

Military & Technology: In Their Own Words

Anthony Swofford
Commentary
'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.
Technologies
Commentary
Jack Davies
25 November 2020
25/11/20

Crowded Skies: Drones in Nagorno-Karabakh

Jack Davies
Commentary
Whilst a deluge of video clips showing drone-captured footage of air and missile strikes on seemingly defenceless ground vehicles led some to proclaim the 'death of the tank', this may have been an overestimation of the real impact drones had in the conflict.
Politics
Events
Elke Schwarz et al
01 September 2025

Drone Warfare: Today, Tomorrow, Forever?

Elke Schwarz et al
Events
This webinar addresses the trends in global drone development and use, and discusses where campaigners should be focusing their efforts in the coming years.

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 3 4 5 6 Next
Back to top

Intimacies of Remote Warfare

  • Core Team
  • Expert Field
  • The Programme

An Institutions for Open Societies Project

@2024 University of Utrecht. All rights reserved

Web design by Ripple & Riddle

Online