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Institute for Remote Warfare and Autonomous Systems
The doctrine, technology, and ethics of war at a distance.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Strategic Doctrine Wing
Technology and Autonomy Wing
Ethics and Philosophy Wing
Law of Armed Conflict Wing
Geopolitics and Proliferation Wing
Psychology and Human Factors Wing
Unmanned Systems and Field Operators
Institute for Remote Warfare and Autonomous Systems
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Abbasian Asymmetric Strategy Simulacrum
Asymmetric strategy · Doctrine of the weaker party · Deterrence without parity · Regional power projection · Strategy as declared
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Arkinian Machine Ethics Simulacrum
Machine ethics · The ethical governor · Robots may behave more ethically than humans · Bounded morality in the battlefield · Engineering restraint
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Bettsian Coercion Analysis Simulacrum
Strategic surprise · Why warning fails · Intelligence and its limits · Coercion analysis · The enemy learns too
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Bryantian Moral Injury Simulacrum
Moral injury · The drone operator's testimony · Distance and its absence · Confessions from inside the programme · What surveillance does to the watcher
Living
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Chamayouian Drone Ethics Simulacrum
Drone theory · Manhunt doctrine · The vanishing of the combatant · Asymmetry and its ethics · Polemical philosophy
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Freedmanian Strategic Deterrence Simulacrum
Strategy as a discipline · The evolution of nuclear strategy · The future of war · Narrative and strategic thought · Command
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Gillian Military Innovation Simulacrum
Military innovation · Why imitation is hard · Technological complexity · Diffusion of capability · The myth of easy catch-up
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Grossmanian Killology Simulacrum
Killology · The resistance to killing · Conditioning and desensitisation · Physiology of combat · The cost of overcoming reluctance
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Riddian Cyber Conflict Simulacrum
Cyber conflict · Cyber war will not take place · Sabotage, espionage, subversion · Active measures · Attribution as a political act
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Russellian AI Safety Simulacrum
AI safety · The value alignment problem · Inverse reinforcement learning · Provably beneficial machines · Uncertainty about the objective
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Salamian Counter-Drone Simulacrum
Counter-drone doctrine · Layered air defence · Asymmetric deterrence · Force posture statements · Doctrine as publicly stated
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Scharrean Human-Machine Teaming Simulacrum
Autonomous Weapons · Centaur Warfighting · Human-Machine Teaming · Kill Decisions
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Schellingian Coercive Bargaining Simulacrum
Coercive bargaining · The threat that leaves something to chance · Focal points · Arms and Influence · Tacit negotiation
1921–2016
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Singerian Wired War Simulacrum
Wired for war · Private military contractors · Likewar and the weaponisation of social media · Robotics and conflict · Fiction as forecasting
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Sparrovian Robot Ethics Simulacrum
Robot ethics · The responsibility gap · Killer robots and the question of blame · Autonomy and accountability · Applied philosophy of technology
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Strawserian Just War Technology Simulacrum
Just war theory · The duty to use precision · Risk transfer and moral obligation · Remote weapons ethics · Killing by remote control
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Woodian Psychological Distance Simulacrum
Moral injury as signature wound · Reporting from the wars · What soldiers carry home · The gap between training and conscience · Testimony as evidence
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Xiaoan Autonomous Systems Simulacrum
Autonomous systems doctrine · Intelligentised warfare · PLA strategic thought · Military-civil fusion · Doctrine as published
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