Jul 14, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson With international treaties focused on regulating higher-yield nuclear weapons, the relatively lighter “tactical” armaments have quietly proliferated in their place, despite being far more destructive than either of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and...
Jul 22, 2019 | Politics & Society
Just how much does the US military pollute the environment? What is its role in climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions? The US military has taken some measures to reduce its impact on the environment and green gas emissions. But some researchers say these...
Aug 28, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Bonnie Docherty Bonnie Docherty lays out the case to ban ‘killer robots’ to protect what she calls fundamental moral and legal principles. When drafting a treaty on the laws of war at the end of the 19th century, diplomats could not foresee the future...
Feb 7, 2018 | Politics & Society
Closing Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility was one of former US President Barack Obama’s campaign promises. In 2009 he decreed that Guantanamo Bay would be closed within a year. It never was, and now President Donald Trump intends to keep it open. What are the...
Sep 5, 2017 | Business & Economics
Over the past decades, privatised military contracts have grown to unprecedented levels, a change that has challenged the standing ethical doctrine known as ‘Just War’ theory. How is the privatisation of military activities compromising international...