Professor Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, traces moves towards ‘remote’ forms of warfare and warns that they will bring new dangers. He examines not only the use of armed drones, but takes a wider perspective which also covers the expansion of special forces and private military companies.
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British Pugwash Newsletter September 2013
Published on 1st September 2013 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Trident, Disarmament, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters
Topics include: Trident renewal; non-proliferation and disarmament; the military robotics debate; Launch of expert report Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies.
Report of a Workshop: The ethics of military robotics
Published on 1st May 2013 in Publications 2010-2014, Publications 2013-2014, Remote Control Weaponry
Report from a scoping workshop to examine the ethical implications of current and possible future developments in modern military robotics, held on 20-22 March 2013 at the University of Birmingham.
Armed robots and military nanotechnology
Published on 26th May 2010 in Events 2010-2014, Remote Control Weaponry
At a British Pugwash discussion meeting at which Prof. Jürgen Altmann of the Faculty of Physics, Technische Universität Dortmund reviewed the military uses of robots, particularly uninhabited vehicles (UAVs) and their potential future role in and influence on warfare, and the possibilities of their preventive limitation.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2010
Published on 1st May 2010 in Trident, Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry
Key topics: Advancing UK and European leadership in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the runup to the May 2010 NPT Review Conference; Report: The Management of Separated Plutonium in the UK; mapping disarmament in the UK