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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
Converse with
Schellingian Coercive Bargaining Simulacrum
Coercive bargaining · The threat that leaves something to chance · Focal points · Arms and Influence · Tacit negotiation
1921–2016
Converse with
Freedmanian Strategic Deterrence Simulacrum
Strategy as a discipline · The evolution of nuclear strategy · The future of war · Narrative and strategic thought · Command
Living
Converse with
Abbasian Asymmetric Strategy Simulacrum
Asymmetric strategy · Doctrine of the weaker party · Deterrence without parity · Regional power projection · Strategy as declared
Living
Converse with
Salamian Counter-Drone Simulacrum
Counter-drone doctrine · Layered air defence · Asymmetric deterrence · Force posture statements · Doctrine as publicly stated
Living
Technology and Autonomy Wing
Converse with
Scharrean Human-Machine Teaming Simulacrum
Autonomous Weapons · Human-Machine Teaming · Army of None · Kill Chain · Centaur Warfighting
21st century
Converse with
Arkinian Machine Ethics Simulacrum
Machine ethics · The ethical governor · Robots may behave more ethically than humans · Bounded morality in the battlefield · Engineering restraint
Living
Converse with
Russellian AI Safety Simulacrum
AI safety · The value alignment problem · Inverse reinforcement learning · Provably beneficial machines · Uncertainty about the objective
Living
Converse with
Sparrovian Robot Ethics Simulacrum
Robot ethics · The responsibility gap · Killer robots and the question of blame · Autonomy and accountability · Applied philosophy of technology
Living
Converse with
Kallenbornian Drone Swarm Simulacrum
Drone Swarms · Autonomous Weapons · Mass-Casualty Technologies · The Swarm as a New Weapons Category
21st century
Converse with
Kingian Combat Sociology Simulacrum
Drone-Warfare Scepticism · Urban Warfare · Military Transformation · The Logistics of Autonomy
21st century
Converse with
Luckeyian Defence-Tech Disruption Simulacrum
Anduril · Lattice OS · Autonomous Systems Manufacturing · Defence-Tech Venture · Arsenal-1
Living (b. 1992)
Ethics and Philosophy Wing
Converse with
Chamayouian Drone Ethics Simulacrum
Drone theory · Manhunt doctrine · The vanishing of the combatant · Asymmetry and its ethics · Polemical philosophy
Living
Converse with
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
Living
Law of Armed Conflict Wing
Converse with
Schmittian Law of Armed Conflict Simulacrum
International humanitarian law · targeting law · cyber warfare
20th–21st century
Converse with
Dochertyan Humanitarian Disarmament Simulacrum
Humanitarian disarmament · autonomous weapons · cluster munitions
20th–21st century
Converse with
Iwamotoan Humanitarian Law Simulacrum
International Humanitarian Law · LAWS Legal Regulation · Targeted Killing · The Law as It Stands
b. 1956
Converse with
Satoan Arms-Control Diplomacy Simulacrum
LAWS Governance · Arms-Control Diplomacy · The CCW Process · Technology Policy
b. 1966
Geopolitics and Proliferation Wing
Converse with
Bettsian Coercion Analysis Simulacrum
Strategic surprise · Why warning fails · Intelligence and its limits · Coercion analysis · The enemy learns too
Living
Converse with
Gillian Military Innovation Simulacrum
Military innovation · Why imitation is hard · Technological complexity · Diffusion of capability · The myth of easy catch-up
Living
Converse with
Riddian Cyber Conflict Simulacrum
Cyber conflict · Cyber war will not take place · Sabotage, espionage, subversion · Active measures · Attribution as a political act
Living
Converse with
Singerian Wired War Simulacrum
Wired for war · Private military contractors · Likewar and the weaponisation of social media · Robotics and conflict · Fiction as forecasting
Living
Converse with
Xiaoan Autonomous Systems Simulacrum
Autonomous systems doctrine · Intelligentised warfare · PLA strategic thought · Military-civil fusion · Doctrine as published
Living
Psychology and Human Factors Wing
Converse with
Grossmanian Killology Simulacrum
Killology · The resistance to killing · Conditioning and desensitisation · Physiology of combat · The cost of overcoming reluctance
Living
Converse with
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
Converse with
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
Living
Unmanned Systems and Field Operators
Converse with
Boretsian Drone Operations Simulacrum
Naval Drone Warfare · Group 13 / HUR · Sea Baby · Asymmetric Maritime Strike · Unmanned Surface Vessels
21st century
Converse with
Hunter Reconnaissance Doctrine Simulacrum
Drone Doctrine · SBU Unmanned Systems · FPV · Strike Architecture · Kill Chain Compression
21st century
Converse with
Fedorovian Digital Statecraft Simulacrum
Drone Production at Scale · Brave1 · Battlefield Digital Transformation · The Technology Cycle
b. 1991
Institute for Remote Warfare and Autonomous Systems
Converse with
Abbasian Asymmetric Strategy Simulacrum
Asymmetric strategy · Doctrine of the weaker party · Deterrence without parity · Regional power projection · Strategy as declared
Living
Converse with
Arkinian Machine Ethics Simulacrum
Machine ethics · The ethical governor · Robots may behave more ethically than humans · Bounded morality in the battlefield · Engineering restraint
Living
Converse with
Bettsian Coercion Analysis Simulacrum
Strategic surprise · Why warning fails · Intelligence and its limits · Coercion analysis · The enemy learns too
Living
Converse with
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
Converse with
Chamayouian Drone Ethics Simulacrum
Drone theory · Manhunt doctrine · The vanishing of the combatant · Asymmetry and its ethics · Polemical philosophy
Living
Converse with
Freedmanian Strategic Deterrence Simulacrum
Strategy as a discipline · The evolution of nuclear strategy · The future of war · Narrative and strategic thought · Command
Living
Converse with
Gillian Military Innovation Simulacrum
Military innovation · Why imitation is hard · Technological complexity · Diffusion of capability · The myth of easy catch-up
Living
Converse with
Grossmanian Killology Simulacrum
Killology · The resistance to killing · Conditioning and desensitisation · Physiology of combat · The cost of overcoming reluctance
Living
Converse with
Riddian Cyber Conflict Simulacrum
Cyber conflict · Cyber war will not take place · Sabotage, espionage, subversion · Active measures · Attribution as a political act
Living
Converse with
Russellian AI Safety Simulacrum
AI safety · The value alignment problem · Inverse reinforcement learning · Provably beneficial machines · Uncertainty about the objective
Living
Converse with
Salamian Counter-Drone Simulacrum
Counter-drone doctrine · Layered air defence · Asymmetric deterrence · Force posture statements · Doctrine as publicly stated
Living
Converse with
Scharrean Human-Machine Teaming Simulacrum
Autonomous Weapons · Centaur Warfighting · Human-Machine Teaming · Kill Decisions
Living
Converse with
Schellingian Coercive Bargaining Simulacrum
Coercive bargaining · The threat that leaves something to chance · Focal points · Arms and Influence · Tacit negotiation
1921–2016
Converse with
Singerian Wired War Simulacrum
Wired for war · Private military contractors · Likewar and the weaponisation of social media · Robotics and conflict · Fiction as forecasting
Living
Converse with
Sparrovian Robot Ethics Simulacrum
Robot ethics · The responsibility gap · Killer robots and the question of blame · Autonomy and accountability · Applied philosophy of technology
Living
Converse with
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
Living
Converse with
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
Living
Converse with
Xiaoan Autonomous Systems Simulacrum
Autonomous systems doctrine · Intelligentised warfare · PLA strategic thought · Military-civil fusion · Doctrine as published
Living