Western society has become strangely unaware of the horrors of modern war, says an expert.
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Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine illustrates, the use of lethal automated weapons, or LAWS, can always be justified. Their ability to desensitize their users from the act of killing, however, shouldn’t be.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it is important to reflect on the use of war footage in media and the ethical questions around the use of footage depicting human death.
Chemical weapons and toxins are still being used in current wars. Without action, ecosystems and people are at risk.
If the Nord Stream attacks were an act of sabotage, this shows how energy infrastructure can be strategically targeted as an act of ‘hybrid warfare’.
A military strategist breaks down how a smaller Ukrainian army has successfully taken back swaths of land from the Russians in the country’s northeast.
As Ukraine retakes parts of its northeastern region from Russia, the Kremlin continues to increasingly look to private military companies to fill in military power gaps.
Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.
A largely forgotten incursion behind the Iron Curtain had reverberations in both countries
Ukrainian fighters are utilizing a maze of tunnels in Mariupol and other key cities. The use of the underground in conflict has a rich history.
In a world where co-operation has given way to competition and conflict, how will Canada approach the prospect of war?
Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world.
Seizing Kharkiv or Kyiv is going to take time and heavy use of artillery— called ‘the God of War’ by Joseph Stalin — if it happens at all.
Handheld missiles help defend against tanks and warplanes. That makes them desirable for Ukraine to receive and easier for other countries to provide.
The declining defence budget has eroded the operating and capital expenditure of the military, leaving insufficient funds for the replacement of equipment, maintenance, and infrastructure.
From jamming satellite signals to spreading disinformation, Russia’s military has sophisticated technologies it’s bringing to the battlefield in Ukraine.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Like atomic bombs and chemical and biological weapons, deadly drones that make their own decisions must be tightly controlled by an international treaty.
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Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Professor of English, Macalester College
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Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology., Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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SEACAMS R&D Project Manager, Centre for Applied Marine Sciences, Bangor University
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PhD, National Security College, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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PhD Researcher and Associate Lecturer in International Relations, University of Plymouth
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Professor of International Security and War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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University Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull