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19 Dec Inhuman-in-the-loop: AI-targeting and the Erosion of Moral Restraint
[ Neil Renic is a Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen, focusing on the changing character and regulation of armed conflict, and emerging military technologies such as armed drones and autonomous weapons. Elke Schwarz is Reader in Political Theory at Queen Mary University London, specialising in ethics of war and ethics of technology with an emphasis on unmanned and autonomous / intelligent military technologies and their impact on the politics of contemporary warfare.] A recent report by the Israeli magazine +972 on the use...19 Oct Events and Announcements: 19 October 2025
...acts, are: discipline and borders, (re)imagination and continuity, violence and reckoning, acoustics and storytelling, and friendship and kindness. A wide gamut of touchpoints dovetails into a beautifully eclectic medley. These include criminal law, the law of war, music and harm, gender-based violence, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence, law after war, the crime of aggression, drones and targets, the domestication of international law, and the role of law in inter-state relations. The book journeys to many places, including Japan, Bosnia and Ukraine, while reflecting on the role of teaching and mentorship...17 Oct Weekly News Wrap: Thursday, October 17, 2013
...Soviet rule in 1956. In a report commissioned ahead of an EU summit in December, Catherine Ashton (the EU foreign policy chief) said European governments should commit to cooperative projects in drones, a new satellite communications system, cyber defense and plugging a shortfall in air tankers. Americas The Washington Post details that the US National Security Agency has had a much bigger role in targeted killings than previously known, garnered from information that has come to light with the recent leaks by Edward Snowden. The US government shutdown has come...
19 Sep When the World Looks Away: How the Iran–Israel Conflict Diverted Focus from Ukraine
...Russia and Iran do not have a formal military alliance, their strategic partnership has strengthened considerably. Moscow benefits from Iranian drones and missile technology on the Ukraine battlefield, while Tehran gains diplomatic support and political cover from Russia amid the Israel-Iran conflict. This nuanced cooperation allows both adversaries to exploit Western distraction and advance their regional and global agendas. Iran’s weapons exports have become a lifeline for Russia’s war machine, helping to replenish its depleted stockpiles and sustain offensive operations. In return, Russia provides Tehran with valuable geopolitical backing, shielding...
18 Nov The Use of False Acoustic Signatures by Submarines: Perfidy or Ruse of War?
...Submarines Every submarine has a unique “acoustic fingerprint.” Its engines, machinery, and propellers produce a pattern of sound that naval intelligence agencies catalog and use to identify vessels. Just as a flag signals nationality on the surface, an acoustic signature signals identity underwater. Traditionally, submarines sought to minimize their noise to evade detection. But advances in underwater drones and acoustic technology now make it possible to mimic another submarine’s signature. A vessel could project the sound of a different submarine—or use a decoy unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to create confusion....22 Nov Cyber POWS and the Second Geneva Convention
...case of unmanned combat systems, such as drones. If the operator of an attack drone witnesses a group of enemy combatants with weapons dropped and waving a white flag, should those soldiers be considered hors de combat and no longer subject to attack? The lack of ground forces to process as POWs those who surrender has made this question a matter of some debate due to the potential for misuse. The difference in the current situation is the greater potential degree of control exercised over those aboard a ship at...
26 Oct Top Gun Maverick: International Law, Empire, and Nostalgia
...vintage motorcycle, the film absolutely drips in nostalgia. Some technological advances are welcome, like Maverick flying a test R&D plane at Mach-10, while others, like the overreliance on drones, exemplified by Rear Admiral Cain, “The Drone Ranger,” coming to shut down Maverick’s test program and absorb these funds for his drone program, are not. Maverick, and is there a better character name to stand-in for American exceptionalism than Maverick, more than once is reminded that “The future is coming and you’re not in it.” But Maverick will not be deterred....
09 Oct Trump vs. International Law: Koh’s Blueprint for Ending America’s Wars and Avoiding Perpetual War
...footing, Koh’s concerns are focused on the dangers of wars that are unbounded in their substantive and temporal scope—who we are fighting and for how long. When it comes to geographic boundaries for wartime targeting, however, he offers only the unwilling and unable test and the Presidential Policy Guidance put into place by President Obama as constraints. Koh is of course right to argue that the use of armed drones in wartime can be lawful. But if peace is to be the norm and war the exception, as Koh argues...27 Jul Weekday News Wrap: Friday, July 27, 2012
The skies over Somalia have become so congested with drones that the UAVs pose a threat to air traffic and potentially to an arms-embargo. In a shift from the past, the Egyptian president, Mohamed Mursi, met with the leader of Hamas, Ismael Haniyeh. The Netherlands suspended $6.15 million in aid to Rwanda yesterday, following a similar move by the US a day earlier, over Rwanda’s support for rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urges nations to “bridge their differences” in coming to a...06 Apr Events and announcements: April 6, 2014
...October 2014. Proposals for papers should be submitted to the editors by July 31, 2014. Contact details are available on the TDM website. Announcements The ICRC has launched its first Research & Debate Cycle on New Technologies and the Modern Battlespace. In recent years, a wide array of new technologies has entered the modern battlefield, giving rise to new methods and means of warfare, such as cyber attacks, armed drones and robots. While there can be no doubt that IHL applies to them, applying pre-existing legal rules to new technologies...