Feb 11, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson According to a new study, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in combat has worked to normalise the practice of targeted assassinations. According to a study titled “In the Frame,” commissioned by advocacy group, Drone Wars, the use of Unmanned Aerial...
Feb 5, 2020 | Politics & Society
Global conflicts have become increasingly more complex, and often, external nations choose to intervene. However, interventions can often be indirect in the form of proxy actors. Why do states choose to use third parties to intervene in other nation’s civil wars and...
Aug 28, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Bonnie Docherty When drafting a treaty on the laws of war at the end of the 19th century, diplomats could not foresee the future of weapons development. But they did adopt a legal and moral standard for judging new technology not covered by existing treaty...
Aug 14, 2018 | Politics & Society
When former US President Barack Obama articulated his plan to destroy Islamic State he was invoking what is known in political philosophy circles as just war theory. However, at the same time, he alluded to the idea that a new conception of just war theory was needed....
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...