More drones, more war
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 NRC.
Here you will find our own research output and a variety of other thematically relevant publications, blogs, events and podcasts we have been inspired by in our investigations into the Intimacies of Remote Warfare.
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 NRC.
Watch Intimacies of Remote Warfare project founder Prof. Jolle Demmers tackling the big questions surrounding remote warfare and call for more transparency in her recent talk for Stadium Generale.
A panel of experts discuss current trends, initiatives, and opportunities in building meaningful standards on the proliferation and use of armed drones.
This webinar addresses the trends in global drone development and use, and discusses where campaigners should be focusing their efforts in the coming years.
In a recent article for the Human Security Centre, IRW’s Jack Davies argues that SOF lack political oversight and legal accountability.
This IRW project tracks and analyses the political rhetoric and narrative of armed drones.
Webinar on legal claims involving the military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What does it mean for warfare to be ‘remote’? How can the turn to remote warfare among Western countries be explained? And what effect does this distance have on transparency and accountability? On the 1st of December, The Intimacies of Remote Warfare project leader Prof. Dr. Jolle Demmers will be tackling the big questions surrounding
New report takes a fresh look at old issues.
This five part podcast series made by IRW’s Isa Zoetbrood reflects on The Netherlands’ use of remote warfare.
Chapter from Demmers, Gould and Snetselaar in the book, “Spaces of War, War of Spaces,” published by Bloomsbury
Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould discuss the Remote Warfare Paradox on the ORG Warpod podcast
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.
Jolle Demmers, Lauren Gould and David Snetselaar talk on regimes of truth and remote warfare in Brussels.
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.
Reviewing Craig Jones’ research on the instrumental use of law in justifying and enabling remote warfare.
The Lawfare Podcast explores the key legal questions surrounding the drone attack on Qassem Soleimani.
Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould talk at the Conflict Research Society’s Annual Conference titled “Conflict Research and Practice in a Post-Liberal World.”
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
Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and David Snetselaar.
Jacobsen and Saugmann examine the operationalisation of international law through Red Card Holders in collaborative military interventions.
Talk at the Conceptualising Remote Warfare conference.
Panel discussion on the remote war waged in Iraq and Syria, held 17th December 2018
Panel discussion on the remote war waged in Iraq and Syria, held 17th December 2018
Op-Ed in Trouw by Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould.
Blog post on transparency, accountability and scrutiny in remote warfare.
Knowles and Watson explore the legal grey zones of British military partnering.
International seminar on the changing nature of warfare, held 6-7th December 2017
Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould at the Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association.
This documentary presents an overview of remote warfare’s inconvenient truths: violations of international law, loss of innocent life, psychological and societal trauma, and potential blowback.