Guest authors Marijn Hijtink 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

[Video] IRW Director Dr. Lauren Gould spoke at online Symposium hosted by PAX called The War of Tomorrow: How are novel military technologies changing modern conflicts?

Don’t miss IRW Director Dr Lauren Gould speaking about how novel military technologies are changing modern conflict at NGO PAX’s online symposium.

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.

‘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.

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.

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

This IRW project develops a fuller understanding of how humans shape technologies, and how technologies shape our actions in warfare.

In this De Correspondent article and accompanying podcast, Lennart Hofman asks if the military investments in AI is justified, or if the hype around AI is simply that – hype.

This five part podcast series made by IRW’s Isa Zoetbrood reflects on The Netherlands’ use of remote warfare and the acquisition of its first MQ reaper drones.

Kelsey Atherton reflects on the technological innovation and political stagnation of a forever war.

Project Maven and what the automation of data analysis means for targeting

What do we talk about when we talk about precision in warfare?

Maike Verbruggen considers the dynamics shaping civil-military relations surrounding LAWS

Hoijtink and Leese explore new ways of thinking about new technologies.

Gregory on the human impacts of technological warfare.

This documentary from Schuchen Tan examines the use of open-source intelligence for monitoring and investigating conflict.

Gregoire Chamayou’s searing critique of drone warfare.

Peter Asaro explores what it means to be a soldier of remote warfare.