How Remote is Remote Warfare?
Watch Intimacies of Remote Warfare project founder Prof. Jolle Demmers tackling the big questions surrounding remote warfare and call for more transparency in her recent talk for Stadium Generale.
Here you will find our own research output and a variety of other thematically relevant publications, blogs, events and podcasts we have been inspired by in our investigations into the Intimacies of Remote Warfare.
Countering threats from a distance and over long periods of time has radically altered our ideas of warfare. Without clearly-demarcated battlefields, explicit declarations of war, or boots on the ground, the rules and expectations surrounding when and how war is fought has become increasingly complex. How, then, is remote warfare politically and legally enabled, legitimised, accounted for and contested, both domestically and internationally?
Multilateralism and Armed Drones: Escaping the Gridlock
A panel of experts discuss current trends, initiatives, and opportunities in building meaningful standards on the proliferation and use of armed drones.
Drone Warfare: Today, Tomorrow, Forever?
This webinar addresses the trends in global drone development and use, and discusses where campaigners should be focusing their efforts in the coming years.
The Risks of Special Forces Being Used Illegally
In a recent article for the Human Security Centre, IRW’s Jack Davies argues that SOF lack political oversight and legal accountability.
Remote Warfare & Drones: Discourses on Dutch Drones
This IRW project tracks and analyses the political rhetoric and narrative of armed drones in the Netherlands.
UN Special Rapporteur casts a new light on enduring issues in remote warfare
New report takes a fresh look at old issues.
The Good War
This five part podcast series made by IRW's Isa Zoetbrood reflects on The Netherlands’ use of remote warfare and the acquisition of its first MQ reaper drones.
Book Chapter: Perfect War and its Contestations
Chapter from Demmers, Gould and Snetselaar in the book, "Spaces of War, War of Spaces," published by Bloomsbury
WarPod Ep #16 | The Remote Warfare Paradox
IRW Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould discuss the Remote Warfare Paradox on the ORG Warpod podcast
The Remote Warfare Paradox
Advance preview from the forthcoming book "Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" on how the democratic desire for zero-risk war lowers the threshold for military engagement.