The Remote Warfare Paradox
Article
Advance preview from the forthcoming book "Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" on how the democratic desire for zero-risk war lowers the threshold for military engagement.
Remote Warfare Commentary Roundup 2
Commentary
The Remote Warfare roundup commentary is a bi-weekly digest of unfolding news, op-eds and reports relevant to remote warfare.
Remote Warfare Commentary Roundup 1
Commentary
Remote Warfare news and media for the week ending 12/6/2020
Lauren Gould on NPO Radio 1
Podcast
Project Leader Lauren Gould is interviewed on NPO Radio 1 about transparency and civilian harm in Dutch military actions.
Ignorance in war is not an excuse
Op-ed
The Dutch Ministry of Defence claim that they cannot know how many civilian casualties occur in their remote wars to evade accountability and public outcry. This is what Lauren Gould en Nora Stel write in their Dutch op-ed for the NRC.
If you want to know the impact of Dutch bombs on Syria, ask the refugees here
Op-ed
Lennart Hofman and Marrit Woudwijk explore the ‘lesser truth’ of the remote warfare waged by the Netherlands in Syria, as interpreted by Syrian refugees in the Netherlands.
The Lesser Truth: Truth Construction in Remote Warfare
Report
Research report from Marrit Woudwijk on truth construction surrounding remote warfare and the case of the US-led Anti-ISIS Coalition in Syria
Visions of Peace Thesis Prize Award 2019 & War/Truth
Events
Seminar on Civilian Harm in Remote Warfare, held 6th December 2019
Remote Warfare: Remote Justice?
Report
An assemblage approach is taken to understand how and why the members of European Forum on Drones act in dynamic alliances of states, institutions, organisations, groups, expert individuals, discourses, treaties, laws and regulations to govern the use of armed drones
(Un)Contested Frames: Frame resonance, narratives and the danger of blowback from airstrikes by the international anti-ISIL coalition
Report
Research report from Nora Kindermann on frame resonance, narratives and the danger of blowback from airstrikes by the international anti-ISIL coalition.