Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film shows us how officials in the US might respond when a nuclear strike appears imminent.
- Senior Lecturer, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University
The new age of drones and AI may be terrifying, but there are reasons for thinking the dystopian possibilities of future war will be contained.
What might the age of generative AI tools mean for strategic thinking and planning within organisations losing key figures?
The return of the terrifying BBC film is a reminder of the dangerous times we live in.
Weaponising communications technology used to be a theme of dystopian fiction. Now it’s reality.
The army has released a new recruitment video on social media that resembles a Fortnite-style game.
The next world war might take everyone by surprise.
Young people raised their voices in the streets and online – but a government crackdown seeks to silence them.
Not all violence in war and conflict is simply strategic. And not all the destruction that takes place is a consequence of territorial or geopolitical objectives. Taking over the next village, blocking…
In Dragon Day – a provocative new movie on release in the US in November – we see the consequences of a “cyber 9/11”. China has attacked the critical infrastructure of the US in a large-scale cyber-attack…
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