The ‘Civilian Casualty Files’: How US precision airstrikes caused thousands of civilian deaths
In a series of New York Times publications, Azmat Khan exposes the true human toll of American airstrikes.
In a series of New York Times publications, Azmat Khan exposes the true human toll of American airstrikes.
Dr. Elke Schwarz discusses the ethics surrounding increasing AI integration in military systems in her keynote lecture at “The Algorithmic Turn in Security and Warfare” conference.
Research report from Maha Al-Buhar on how the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes in Yemen are interpreted and contested by civilians on the receiving end.
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.
Contemporary warfare is becoming increasingly defined by distance. Instead of deploying large numbers of boots on the ground, many Western and non-Western states rely on support and training for local actors, employment of private military contractors and remote weaponry for airstrikes and surveillance This is remote warfare, the dominant method of military engagement employed by
Dr. Craig Jones’ book “The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare ” looks at the increasingly accepted role of military lawyers in the planning and executing of military operations in contemporary conflicts.
Bringing together writers from various backgrounds, this edited volume offers a critical enquiry into the use and impact of remote warfare.
Founders of IRW Dr. Lauren Gould and Prof. Dr. Jolle Demmers will be contributing to the digital workshop “Prototype Warfare”: New Regimes of Computation, Innovation and War
In his latest article for the Correspondent Lennart Hofman addresses the changing nature of war and its increased invisibility against the backdrop of the upcoming Dutch elections.
‘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.