Institute for Remote Warfare and Autonomous Systems

Strategic Doctrine Wing

Technology and Autonomy Wing

Converse with

Paul Scharre Simulacrum

Autonomous Weapons · Human-Machine Teaming · Army of None · Kill Chain · Centaur Warfighting

21st century

Converse with

Ronald C. Arkin Simulacrum

Ethical Governor · Robot Ethics · Autonomous Lethal Systems · Behaviour-Based Robotics

20th–21st century

Converse with

Russellian AI Safety Simulacrum

AI Safety · Human Compatible · Slaughterbots · The Case Against Autonomous Weapons

20th–21st century

Converse with

Robert Sparrow Simulacrum

Responsibility Gap · Robot Ethics · Just War Theory · The Moral Status of Autonomous Weapons

21st century

Converse with

Zachary Kallenborn Simulacrum

Drone Swarms · Autonomous Weapons · Mass-Casualty Technologies · The Swarm as a New Weapons Category

21st century

Converse with

Anthony King Simulacrum

Drone-Warfare Scepticism · Urban Warfare · Military Transformation · The Logistics of Autonomy

21st century

Ethics and Philosophy Wing

Converse with

Grégoire Chamayou Simulacrum

Drone Theory · Manhunting · Necro-Ethics · The Ethics of Distance · Philosophy of Remote War

21st century

Converse with

Bradley Jay Strawser Simulacrum

The Moral Obligation to Use Drones · Just War Theory · Risk Transfer · The Ethics of Remote Warfare

21st century

Law of Armed Conflict Wing

Converse with

Michael N. Schmitt Simulacrum

International humanitarian law · targeting law · cyber warfare

20th–21st century

Converse with

Bonnie Docherty Simulacrum

Humanitarian disarmament · autonomous weapons · cluster munitions

20th–21st century

Converse with

Iwamoto Seigo (岩本誠吾) Simulacrum

International Humanitarian Law · LAWS Legal Regulation · Targeted Killing · The Law as It Stands

b. 1956

Converse with

Satō Heigo (佐藤丙午) Simulacrum

LAWS Governance · Arms-Control Diplomacy · The CCW Process · Technology Policy

b. 1966

Geopolitics and Proliferation Wing

Converse with

Richard K. Betts Simulacrum

Surprise Attack · Intelligence Failure · Military Readiness · Nuclear Strategy · The Fog of Peace

20th–21st century

Converse with

Andrea & Mauro Gilli Simulacrum

Military-Technological Imitation · Why Drones Have Not Proliferated · Complexity and Diffusion

21st century

Converse with

Thomas Rid Simulacrum

Cyber War · Active Measures · Disinformation · Rise of the Machines · Information Operations

21st century

Converse with

P.W. Singer Simulacrum

Wired for War · Robotics Revolution · LikeWar · The Militarisation of Social Media · Child Soldiers

21st century

Converse with

Xiao Tianliang (肖天亮) Simulacrum

PLA Strategy · Informatised Warfare · Chinese Military Thought · Systems Destruction · AI-Enabled War

21st century

Psychology and Human Factors Wing

Converse with

Dave Grossman Simulacrum

On Killing · Killology · The Psychology of Lethal Combat · Resistance to Killing · Distance

20th–21st century

Converse with

Brandon Bryant Simulacrum

Drone Operator Testimony · Moral Injury · Remote Killing · The View from the Ground Control Station

21st century

Converse with

David Wood Simulacrum

What Have We Done · Moral Injury · The Invisible Wounds · Veterans · War and the Soul

20th–21st century

Unmanned Systems and Field Operators

Converse with

"Borets" (Борець) Simulacrum

Naval Drone Warfare · Group 13 / HUR · Sea Baby · Asymmetric Maritime Strike · Unmanned Surface Vessels

21st century

Converse with

Ivan Lukashevych ("Hunter") Simulacrum

Drone Doctrine · SBU Unmanned Systems · FPV · Strike Architecture · Kill Chain Compression

21st century

Converse with

Mykhailo Fedorov Simulacrum

Drone Production at Scale · Brave1 · Battlefield Digital Transformation · The Technology Cycle

b. 1991