Developers and military commanders should not merely ask which military tasks can be automated, but also ask where human judgment ought to be preserved.
Remote warfare removes war from certain privileged spaces and times, even at the price of maintaining a limitless condition of war elsewhere.
Legal questions surrounding the use of metadata in targeting means that an adequate, independent post-strike investigation is the bare minimum of what ‘feasible’ precautions should include.
The Syrian conflict is an example of global and regional powers waging remote warfare against their adversaries with minimum human and capital costs.
Including AI in weapons systems is important not because of the emergence of autonomous machines, but because human control is becoming compromised in human-machine interactions.
Remote warfare operations in Yemen have led to the deaths of thousands of civilians, along with having significant economic, educational and mental health implications for impacted communities.
Even as the US Government shifts its stated defence priorities toward ‘great power competition’, the era of security partnership, and the emphasis on ‘by, with, and through’ is likely here to stay.
Despite the Maldives being a small island state, it can influence regional power dynamics concerning India and China.
In approaching the situation of irregular migration from Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago’s government needs to go beyond its norms in policy formulation and implementation.
The Taiwan factor has added to the challenge to China’s claims in the South China Sea and to the bargaining process among relevant states.
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