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08 Jun Weekly News Wrap: Monday, June 8, 2015
...United Nations resolutions. Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in disputed waters. Europe Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will discuss...
16 Jul Symposium on PMSCs: AI Broke the Code – The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers and Emerging Technologies
...ecosystems—integrating AI-powered surveillance, facial recognition, behavioral analytics, predictive policing algorithms, and biometric identification tools into their service portfolios. One need only look to Anduril Industries, a U.S.-based defense technology firm founded by Silicon Valley engineers and former military operatives, to grasp the scale of this shift. The company develops autonomous surveillance towers, sensor-laden autonomous drones and underwater systems, and is now even helping integrate augmented-reality headsets for frontline troops. At the heart of its operations lies the Lattice platform—a powerful dual-use AI-enabled operating system that fuses sensor inputs across domains,...18 Apr Kony 2012: Seven Questions about Social Media Campaigns and International Law
...public about the legal concept of “genocide.” When Wikileaks disseminated its viral “Collateral Murder” video it doctored the film, confusing the audience about the complexity of events on the ground and about the distinction between “murder,” “war crimes” and “lawful targeting.” Assange’s later conflation of “civilian casualties” with “war crimes” in his promotion of the Afghan War Diaries dataset put civilian harms on the agenda, but promoted a fallacious understanding of what “war crimes” are. The public debate over drones is equally confused on these points – a process that...
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 Harold Koh: Twenty-First Century International Law Making
Earlier this week, Harold Koh gave a speech. And it wasn’t about conflicts, drones, or cyberwar, topics that have dominated the attention of international lawyers in recent years. Rather, Koh’s speech was a meditation on the processes of international law-making that confront the State Department on a daily basis. It was, simply put, a survey of the current international legal landscape from the U.S. perspective. Koh reviewed the formal U.S. treaty-making process, citing past victories like the New START Treaty and the Obama Administration’s continued push for Senate advice and...
12 Aug Emerging Voices: The Use of ‘Stabilization’ in the Mandates of UN Peace Operations
...supported by attack helicopters and drones, and has had skirmishes with armed groups, make the intensification of hostilities a distinct possibility. Where there are sustained, direct clashes between MINUSMA and armed groups it would be difficult for the UN to contest the applicability of IHL. Whether a peace operation is a party to the conflict under IHL is also relevant where the UN is providing support to the host state military. Peace operations do not typically fight a war against an enemy but, for instance, MINUSMA is mandated to conduct...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...
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...