Author profile: John Williams

John Williams is Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK. His research addresses ethical, regulatory, and security issues associated with new and emerging military technologies and contemporary debates within English School theory. His most recent work on LAWS is published in the Journal of Global Security Studies. He has published with Oxford University Press and in the European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, Ethics & International Affairs, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, and Global Policy.

‘Effective, Deployable, Accountable: Pick Two’: Regulating Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

John Williams • Aug 12 2021 • Articles

LAWS regulation looks as though it may be an object lesson in the risks of seeing ideational social-structural phenomena as material and immutable.

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