Law and the Future of War
94 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThrough conversation with experts in technology, law and military affairs, this series explores how new military technology and international law interact. Edited and poduced by Dr Lauren Sanders at The University of Queensland School of Law.
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Future of War series: Stuart Casey-Maslen and Directed Energy Weapons
January 16, 2024 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Professor Stuart Casey-Maslen about Directed Energy Weapons. They traverse the existing legal controls on these weapons, and speak about the potential for future regulation of novel uses of energy weapons in armed conflict. This conversation preceded a presentation by Dr Casey-Maslen, Dr Sanders and Dr Altman for UNIDIR, which was a side event to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Meeting of States Parties, held in November 2023....
Future of War series: Algorithmic Futures with Zena Assaad and Elizabeth Williams
December 21, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBAs part of our ‘futures’ mini-series, in this episode we are looking specifically at Algorithmic Futures, with hosts of the podcast of the same name: Dr Zena Assaad and Dr Elizabeth Williams, both from ANU. Today we are going to specifically focus on the breadth of the design and uncertainty problem for capabilities augmented by algorithms. Elizabeth T. Williams is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University (ANU). She has a PhD in experiment...
Future of war series: Biological warfare and transparency on the battlefield with Robert Lawless
December 21, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBContinuing our future of war series, this episode dives into the legal implications of increasing transparency of the battlespace as a result of technological change; and looks at developments in biological warfare that challenge the long-standing prohibition on biological weapons at international law. We speak with Rob Lawless from the Leiber Institute, at the Westpoint Academy to hear more. Robert Lawless is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Ac...
Future of War: Artur Gruszczak - The Routledge Handbook on the Future of War
December 21, 2023 01:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this third episode in our futures mini-series, we continue our scoping of the utility of seeking to predict the future of war; before deep diving into emerging and disruptive technologies. Recorded in late September 2023, we are speaking with Artur Gruszczak about the Future of War, and his recently edited Handbook on the same topic, released by Routledge this September. Artur Gruszczak holds a PhD in Political Science from Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Currently he holds an appoint...
Future of War series: David Kilcullen and Ian Langford: the Future of Australia's Defence Strategy and the Indo-Pacific
November 29, 2023 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBRecorded in early September 2023, this episode continues our futures mini-series, where we speak with Dr Ian Langford and Professor David Killcullen about the future of war in the Indo-Pacific region. In this episode we will be getting a download on what the change in geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific means for Australia, and how that might impact choices relating to technology, acquisitions and their subsequent use and regulation; as well as discussing what the future of proxy warfare and mo...
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips Part 2
October 18, 2023 22:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this episode, we conclude our interview with Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips, discussing guilty pleas and their development in international criminal law. Dr Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips is an accomplished international lawyer and former lead international prosecutor. He founded the cross-border law firm of Charles Anthony LLP, following a distinguished legal career at the UN, wherein he successfully led teams of international prosecutors in 12 precedent-setting genocide trials before the Uni...
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips
October 04, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this interview, we are speaking with Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips about the history of guilty pleas in international criminal law, as an author of a chapter on the same topic, as part of the edited works, Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World. The challenges associated with the running of international criminal trials are extensive, and establishing a process for plea bargaining, to satisfactorily address some o...
Contemporary ICL Issues - Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor? - Natacha Bracq
September 27, 2023 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWe continue this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Natacha Bracq, who wrote a chapter on gender and sexual-based violence in Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World, which deals with a range of issues impacting contemporary ICL practice in Africa and around the world. Her chapter, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor? focuses on the International Crimina...
Future of War series: Sir Lawrence Freedman - The History of the Future of War (Ukraine Update)
September 20, 2023 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBWe start our futures mini-series by speaking with an eminent military historian on the future of warfare. In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Sir Lawrence Freedman. Recorded in September 2023 he joins us to talk about the future of warfare, having regard to his approach to predicting future war, as outlined in The Future of War: A History; and the update to this commentary, taking into account the lessons to be learned from the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine.: Modern Warfare: L...
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World: Takeh Sendze
September 13, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWe start this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Mr Takeh Sendze, who is the editor of a recently published book, Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World, which deals with a range of issues impacting contemporary ICL practice in Africa and around the world. Takeh B.K. Sendze is a Cameroonian lawyer who received an LL.B. Honours degree from the University of Buea, Cameroon, in 1999 and an LL.M...
BarbieHeimer Special Series - A Manhattan Historian's perspective on Oppenheimer: Chris Griffith (AtomicArchive)
August 21, 2023 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode in the BarbieHeimer series, we focus on the history of the Manhattan Project and the accuracy of the Oppenheimer movie. We are speaking with nuclear historian Chris Griffith, about the history, and consequences of the atomic age. As a warning, if you haven’t seen the film we will be talking about the movie’s plot lines and breaking down some of its scenes! Chris is an atomic historian who has created the online archive AtomicArchive, which is aimed at creating content to hel...
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie and The Nine Dash Line: Don Rothwell
August 09, 2023 20:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBIn this, the first of our Special Series on the BarbieHeimer phenomenon, we speak with international law of the sea expert, Professor Don Rothwell to find out what all the controversy was about in relation to the banning of the Barbie movie in Vietnam; the 9-Dash line; and the importance of maps in international law. Professor Donald R Rothwell is one of Australia’s leading experts in International Law with specific focus on the law of the sea; law of the polar regions; use of force and i...
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Oppenheimer missed an opportunity: Gareth Evans
August 09, 2023 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBIn the second in our 'BarbieHeimer' series, we turn to the Oppenheimer movie and speak with world-renowned nuclear disarmament advocate and expert, Gareth Evans, about the opportunity the movie missed in re-energising efforts to the nuclear disarmament cause. We speak with him about the need for Australia to return to its former position of influence in arms control, to focus on a policy of 4D's: - Doctrine of no first use; - De-alerting early launch status of nuclear weapons; - reducing...
BarbieHeimer - what the meme (and pop culture) teaches us about nuclear politics: Emily Faux
August 09, 2023 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBToday we continue our ‘BarbieHeimer’ (or Barbenheimer) series, and are talking today about the meme itself. Is it appropriate to mash these two films together? Is this frivolity making light of the serious impacts of nuclear weapons and the need for a refocus on non-proliferation and disarmament efforts? We speak with a scholar of Visual Politics and Visual Research Methods – Emily Faux - whose doctoral studies focus on what pop culture can tell us about nuclear weapons. Emily is a PhD ca...
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie as a Souvenir of International Law: Emily Crawford and Jacqueline Mowbray
August 09, 2023 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this 'BarbieHeimer' special episode, we return to the plastic doll, to talk about materialism, symbolism and the souvenirs in international law. Emily Crawford and Jacqueline Mowbray walk us through their Souvenirs in International Law exhibit and project; and where Barbie features in their exhibit, as well as introducing us to Doudou Louis, the Louis Vuitton UNICEF Bear. To submit your own international law souvenir: @atthevanishingpoint on Instagram. Professor Emily Crawford is at ...
AWS, the Alignment problem and regulation - Brendan Walker-Munro and Sam Hartridge
August 01, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBIn this interview, we are continuing our series on legal review of AWS, and speaking with two of the Law and Future of war research team, about an issue that impacts the design approaches to AWS: the alignment problem. In May 2023, there were reports of an AWS being tested, that turned upon its operator, and eventually cut its communications links so it could go after its originally planned mission... this prompted discussion about the alignment problem with AWS, impacting future TEVV strate...
Legal reviews and the GGE Meetings - Damian Copeland
July 06, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBColonel Damian Copeland, Director of Operations and International Law, Defence Legal (a and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland), talks with Dr Lauren Sanders about an Expert Meeting held in March 2023, hosted by the Australian Defence Force, with a number of other States, industry and academia, participating seeking to understand how information can be exchanged and best practices can be shared in the legal review of autonomous weapon systems. Additional Resources...
What does IHL Permit, Prohibit and Require? - Netta Goussac and Laura Bruun
June 20, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this episode, as part of our series on AWS, legal review & IHL, we speak with Netta Goussac & Laura Bruun about their recently released SIPRI report on IHL & AWS, asking questions about what IHL permits, prohibits & requires in the design, development & use of AWS. Netta Goussac is a Special Counsel with Lexbridge (a legal practice & consultancy specialising in public international law). She has worked as an international lawyer for over a decade, including for the ICRC & the Australian...
Legal Review of AWS: Decision support systems and technical feasibility of review
June 07, 2023 23:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBAs part of our new, limited series on the Legal Review of AWS, we speak with two researchers from the Asser Institute on what the legal review obligation means for decision support systems, and what technical challenges exist in approaching the review obligation during the design and development phases in the creation of AWS. Taylor Kate Woodcock is a PhD researcher in public international law at the Asser Institute/University of Amsterdam. Her research, conducted in the context of the DILE...
Legal Review of AWS: Decision support systems and technical feasibility of review- Taylor Woodcock and Klaudia Klonowska
June 07, 2023 23:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBAs part of our new, limited series on the Legal Review of AWS, we speak with two researchers from the Asser Institute on what the legal review obligation means for decision support systems, and what technical challenges exist in approaching the review obligation during the design and development phases in the creation of AWS. Taylor Kate Woodcock is a PhD researcher in public international law at the Asser Institute/University of Amsterdam. Her research, conducted in the context of the DILE...
AI Literacy for Defence Industry - Zygmunt Szpak
May 10, 2023 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBThe discussion about AI regulation and law has been hampered by a lack of understanding about what AI actually is and what it can do. To date, there is no agreed definition of what constitutes AI; not any likely international consensus, with many states and NGOs adopting their own definitions. This problem is then compounded when it comes to defining (and confining) what constitutes lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). In this episode Dr Lauren Sanders interviews Dr Zygmunt Szpak, a co...
Special episode: War crimes in Russia and Australia - the ICC arrest warrant against the Russian President and the AFP arrest of former ADF soldier - Rain Liivoja and Simon McKenzie
March 27, 2023 02:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this special episode, members of the Law and Future of War research project discuss two significant events occurring in the week of 17 March 2023 relating to criminal justice for alleged war crimes: 1. The ICC arrest warrant issued in respect of the situation in Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin's role in the alleged deportation of children from Ukraine since February 2022; and 2. The Australian domestic arrest of a former Australian Defence Force trooper for the war crime of mur...
Special episode: War crimes in Russia and Australia - the ICC arrest warrant against the Russian President and the AFP arrest of former ADF soldier - Rain Liivoja and Simon MacKenzie
March 27, 2023 02:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBIn this special episode, members of the Law and Future of War research project discuss two significant events occurring in the week of 17 March 2023 relating to criminal justice for alleged war crimes: 1. The ICC arrest warrant issued in respect of the situation in Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin's role in the alleged deportation of children from Ukraine since February 2022; and 2. The Australian domestic arrest of a former Australian Defence Force trooper for the war crime of mur...
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Paul Scharre
March 07, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Dr Paul Scharre, Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS (the Centre for a New American Security), is a leading author on autonomous weapons and the impact of AI in the military. He has an extensive background in the drafting and implementation of policy relating to the current and future use of autonomy and artificial intelligence in the military; and has squeezed us in amid his book launch commitments for his most recent book, Four Battle...
Eye in the Sky: Facts and Fiction in Military Decision-Making - Shiri Krebs
February 08, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn today’s episode we are continuing our holiday season special on entertainment and IHL. Dr Lauren Sanders is speaking again with Professor Shiri Krebs, but this time about targeting and the movies. In particular they are talking about her paper, Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL, and how representations of the use of drones in movies (such as the 2015 movie, 'Eye in the Sky'), gets IHL wrong, and how it is being used (or misused) to educate people about ethical decisi...
Dr Who and Genocide - Shannon Zimmerman
January 25, 2023 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this episode of our IHL and entertainment series, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Dr Shannon Zimmerman about Dr Who and his crimes of genocide. Talking about the examples of genocide by Dr Who throughout the series, this interview discussed Dr Zimmerman's paper, 'Doctor Who and the Responsibility to Protect: Public Perspectives of Atrocity Crimes', which canvasses the depiction of genocide in this science fiction series, and how the language and treatment of this international crime in t...
Star Wars and war crimes - Dale Stephens
January 11, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBDr Lauren Sanders speaks to one of our regular contributors to the podcast, Professor Dale Stephens and combines two of his specialised areas of expertise: space law and international humanitarian law. How might this be possible you might ask? Well, as part of our special holiday series episodes, we are going to turn our minds to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and talk about war crimes committed in Star Wars. Take the Australian Red Cross Star Wars Quiz here! Additional Resou...
Entertainment and the laws of war - Eve Massingham
December 28, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode of our special entertainment and the law series, Law and Future of War Senior Research Fellow, Dr Eve Massingham discusses the obligation to ensure respect with IHL with her colleague Dr Lauren Sanders. Eve talks about her recent papers detailing how governments should wield their influence over the entertainment industry for good: and to enhance understanding and respect for IHL. Additional resources: Massingham, Eve (2021). Entertainment and the laws of war: The role of S...
Theaters of War - Sebastian Kampf
December 14, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBThis is the first episode in our special series on entertainment and the law of war. In this episode, Dr Sebastian Kaempf, a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, joins Dr Lauren Sanders to discuss. his documentary: and the documents he's uncovered from the US CIA and military Entertainment Liaison Offices as part of this project. Dr Sebastian Kaempf is a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the School of Political Science and International Studies, at the Universit...
Theaters of War - Sebastian Kaempf
December 14, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBThis is the first episode in our special series on entertainment and the law of war. In this episode, Dr Sebastian Kaempf, a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, joins Dr Lauren Sanders to discuss. his documentary: and the documents he's uncovered from the US CIA and military Entertainment Liaison Offices as part of this project. Dr Sebastian Kaempf is a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the School of Political Science and International Studies, at the Universit...
Universal Jurisdiction and Ukraine - Danielle Ireland-Piper and Melinda Rankin
December 03, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this final episode of our series on accountability in Ukraine, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Associate Professor Danielle Ireland-Piper and Dr Melinda Rankin about universal jurisdiction and how it may play a part in the prosecution of war crimes occurring in the Ukraine conflict. Danielle is an Associate Professor at the ANU National Security College and an Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor at Bond University. She is the author of “Extraterritoriality in East Asia” and “Accountabili...
The Strategic Effect of OSINT - Tom Bullock
November 16, 2022 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBThis is the fifth episode in our series on accountability in Ukraine. Following on from our initial exploration into the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) world, we delve deeper into the technical details of OSINT and its strategic effects with Tom Bullock, a Technical Intelligence Analyst. Tom is a Senior Technical Intelligence Analyst with Atreides, a software development company specializing in big data. Previously, he worked as a Senior OSINT Analyst with Janes, a global agency for open...
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Ukraine - Benjamin Strick
November 02, 2022 20:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBThis is the fourth episode in our series about accountability in Ukraine. This episode focuses on the collection and collation of information (and potential evidence) using open-source intelligence. As you will hear, OSINT has played a key role in the development of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in the monitoring of conflict in Myanmar. Today we are speaking with a world expert in the skills required of open source intelligence collection – Benjamin Strick. Benjamin is a digital inve...
Ukraine, The Crime of Aggression and the Need for a Special Tribunal - Carrie McDougall
October 19, 2022 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThis episode is the third in a series of podcasts analysing accountability in the current Ukrainian conflict. In this third episode, we are speaking with Dr Carrie McDougall, from the University of Melbourne, who has been heavily involved in the proposal for the establishment of a Special International Tribunal to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of crimes of aggression committed on the territory of Ukraine. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unprecedented support h...
The UNGA and Accountability in Ukraine - Rebecca Barber
October 05, 2022 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBThis episode is the second instalment in a series of podcasts analysing accountability in the current Ukrainian conflict. In this episode we are talking to Rebecca Barber, an expert in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) powers and humanitarian action, to discuss the power of the UNGA and its role in providing accountability for actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This episode also addresses the role of the UNGA in relation to the legitimacy of governments (with particular refer...
The UNGA and Accountability in Ukraine - Rebecca Barber
October 05, 2022 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBThis episode is the second instalment in a series of podcasts analysing accountability in the current Ukrainian conflict. In this episode we are talking to Rebecca Barber, an expert in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) powers and humanitarian action, to discuss the power of the UNGA and its role in providing accountability for actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This episode also addresses the role of the UNGA in relation to the legitimacy of governments (with particular refer...
Cultural Heritage and Accountability in Ukraine - Ana Vrodljak and Mayee Warren
September 25, 2022 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBThis episode starts a series of podcasts analysing accountability in the current Ukrainian conflict. In this first episode, we are joined by Ana Filipa Vrodljak, the UNESCO Chair on International Law and Cultural Heritage, and Professor of Law at UTS, and Mayee Warren – a senior practitioner in the management of international criminal trials - to talk about the challenges presented in collecting and collating evidence of breaches of international law in Ukraine. In particular, we are going...
US DoD Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Plan – what is it, and what does it propose to do? - Marc Garlasco
September 07, 2022 20:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBOn 25 Aug 2022, the US Department of Defense released its Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Plan, which has been created, in part as a result of the public scrutiny on civilian casualty incidents following the Iraq campaign. In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Marc Garlasco, who has been intimately involved with this issue, having been engaged in stakeholder engagement with the US DoD during their development of this plan when it was announced on 27 Jan 2022. Marc has a lo...
US DoD Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Plan – what is it, and what does it propose to do? - Marc Garlasco
September 07, 2022 20:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBOn 25 Aug 2022, the US Department of Defense released its Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Plan, which has been created, in part as a result of the public scrutiny on civilian casualty incidents following the Iraq campaign. In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Marc Garlasco, who has been intimately involved with this issue, having been engaged in stakeholder engagement with the US DoD during their development of this plan when it was announced on 27 Jan 2022. Marc has a lo...
Counting civilian casualties - the impact of perspectives on accountability: Christiane Wilke
August 24, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Professor Christiane Wilke about the problem with accountability following civilian casualty incidents, and the impact of cultural and racial frames in imagining what has occurred on the ground. Professor Christiane Wilke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, Canada. She researches how Western militaries and human rights organizations produce knowledge about and legal analyses of armed c...
Drone visual, labels and cognitive bias in targeting operations and military fact finding - Shiri Krebs
August 10, 2022 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Associate Professor Shiri Krebs about cognitive biases inherent in targeting operations and what that means for compliance with the laws of armed conflict. The increased reliance on intelligence feeds from various remote sensors, and the fusion of these sensor feeds to make targeting decisions provides opportunity to entrench cultural and cognitive biases in armed conflict. Equally, the labels and interpretations ascribed to these sensor feeds ...
International Criminal Law and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: autonomy and accountability - Marta Bo
July 27, 2022 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode Dr Lauren Sanders will be speaking with Dr Marta Bo about her work analysing how individuals can be held to account for the potential misuse of LAWS; and how ICL can be used as a method to regulate the use of LAWS. Dr Marta Bo is a researcher at the Asser Institute and the Graduate Institute for International and Development studies (Geneva). She is currently researching on criminal responsibility for war crimes committed with autonomous weapon systems (LAWS and War Crimes...
Businesses and IHL - Fauve Kurnadi and Jonathan Kolieb
July 13, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode, Dr Eve Massingham talks to Fauve Kurnadi of the Australian Red Cross and Dr Jonathon Kolieb of RMIT about how businesses are affected by, and should consider the application of IHL in situations of armed conflict. Fauve is a Legal Adviser in the International Humanitarian Law Program of Australian Red Cross where she is responsible for the organisation’s engagement with corporate actors and academic circles. Fauve was recently named one of Pro Bono Australia’s Impact Award...
Businesses and IHL - Fauve Kurnadi and Jonathan Kolieb
July 13, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIn this episode, Dr Eve Massingham talks to Fauve Kurnadi of the Australian Red Cross and Dr Jonathon Kolieb of RMIT about how businesses are affected by, and should consider the application of IHL in situations of armed conflict. Fauve is a Legal Adviser in the International Humanitarian Law Program of Australian Red Cross where she is responsible for the organisation’s engagement with corporate actors and academic circles. Fauve was recently named one of Pro Bono Australia’s Impact Award...
Regulating AI and the limits of war - Simon Chesterman
June 29, 2022 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode, Damian Copeland interviews Professor Simon Chestermann about his new book, We the Robots: Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of War. They discuss what challenges exist in regulating autonomous weapons systems, as well as how states are currently approaching this problem. Professor Simon Chesterman is Dean and Provost’s Chair Professor of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and Senior Director of AI Governance at AI Singapore. He is also Editor...
War Algorithms - Dustin Lewis
June 15, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Dustin Lewis, of Harvard Law School's Project on International Law and Armed Conflict about war algorithms and his recent project on pathways for using AI, and how to ensure greater respect for international law when states use these algorithmic capabilities. Dustin is the Research Director at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC). With a focus on public international law sources and methods, Dustin le...
What is quantum technology and why will it change the future? - Warwick Bowen
June 01, 2022 20:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode, Professor Warwick Bowen explains to us what quantum technology is, and why it will be such a significant step change in the way that technology will operate in the future. Professor Bowen is a Professor of Physics at UQ’S faculty of Science. He is recognised both nationally and internationally for research at the interface of nanotechnology and quantum science; including nanophotonics, nanomechanics, quantum optomechanics and photonic/quantum sensing. He was an Australian ...
AI and its role in facilitating targeting operations - Hitoshi Nasu
May 18, 2022 20:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Professor Hitoshi Nasu, from the Lieber Institute at West Point about artificial intelligence and its potential use in targeting operations. Although a well traversed topic, it is one that is not often viewed from the perspective of the benefits of how AI technology can aid in decision-making during military actions. Professor Nasu also talks about the CCW GGE on LAWS and what direction he thinks regulation of autonomous weapons can realistically...
War Lawyers - Craig Jones
May 04, 2022 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBDr Craig Jones speaks to Dr Lauren Sanders about his book: War Lawyers, to discuss how some militaries provide legal advice during targeting operations. They talk about the history of operations law, & how this advice is dispensed as well as talking about some challenges & issues with this current model of lawyering. Dr Craig Jones is the author of The War Lawyers & a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, & Politics at Newcastle University. His research fo...
Keeping the Peace in Cyberspace - Samuel White
April 20, 2022 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Samuel White about how cyber operations and information warfare are changing national security and the role of the military. They explore how the domestic legal architecture might prevent or enable tasking the military with responding to cyber threats, and what it might mean for the contemporary relevance of the prerogative powers. Samuel White has served as a Royal Australian Infantry Corps and Australian Army Legal Corps officer. In 2018, he ...