Automating War: The Need for Regulation

Krishnan, Armin

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“…7 7 On robotic systems, see Sparrow (2007), Killmister (2008), Singer (2009) and Krishnan (2009a 2009b). On private military contractors, see Singer (2004), Gillard (2006) and de Nevers (2009). …”

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War and peace

Gregory¹

2010

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

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Since the end of the Cold War two modes of ‘new war’ have been distinguished. One, the Revolution in Military Affairs, transforms advanced state militaries (particularly in the global North) through an emphasis on stripped‐down, highly specialised forces deploying cutting‐edge technology with unprecedented precision. The other is waged by non‐state militias and guerrilla forces (particularly in the global South) and relies on light, even improvised weapons, focuses its violence on civilians and is implicated in the criminal circuits of a shadow globalisation. Rhetorically, the first sustains a late modern ‘re‐enchantment of war’– war as surgical, sensitive and scrupulous – whereas the second reactivates a profoundly non‐modern ‘disenchantment of war’ as indiscriminate, callous and predatory. In practice, however, each bleeds into the other, so that it becomes necessary to expose the continuing horror of wars waged by the global North. One critical response is to show the production of three spaces of advanced military violence – the abstract space of the target, the alien space of the enemy Other, and the legal‐lethal space of the exception – and then to disrupt them through a series of counter‐geographies that challenges their claims to legitimacy.

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Gregory¹

2010

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

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“…Even in the context of physical warfare, with the advancement of technology, there is less need for physical involvement by human beings (Krishnan, 2009). Also, the role of the protector which was traditionally played by men is now assumed by machines (Manjikian, 2014) resulting in lesser need for men at the battlefield (Krishnan, 2009).…”

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Is the Male-to-Female Transgender Travel Experience Similar to Cisgender Female Travel Experience and in What Ways Are They Different

Lakes¹

2023

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This research seeks to understand in what ways the travel experiences of transgender women are different from those of cisgender women. Though much literature is available, they focus only on differences in airport spaces. The purpose of this study is to delve deeply into the lived experience of transgender women travellers by analysing social media content (YouTube) to discover the similarities and differences between the female transgender traveller and the cisgender traveller. The findings suggest that, like cisgender women, transgender women also fear sexual violence while travelling. Transgender women also love to engage in cultural activities such as cooking and homestay, similar to their cisgender counterparts. Unlike cisgender women, transgender women are more culturally sensitive, and try to blend in through the use of cultural artefacts such as clothing, and by attempting to learn and speak the language. However, limits to blending in exists based on the extent of ‘passability’ and success. The absence of attention in their home country means that transgender women seek more attention from countries that display tolerance. In terms of their perception of poverty, they, like many other individuals from wealthy nations, believe that poverty is associated with nobility and that poor people are actually happy. Overall, the research indicated that while transgender women travellers are similar to cisgender women in many ways, there are some differences.

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“…However, the take of some of these contributions on technology is deterministic as well: The concomitant literature tends to portray arms control as reactive to future technological development (e.g. Kralingen 2016; Krishnan 2009). In other words, the development trajectory towards LAWS is taken for granted and therefore, they are conceived as objects that need to be preventively regulated.…”

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Artificial Intelligence, Forward‐Looking Governance and the Future of Security

Fischer

Wenger

2021

Swiss Political Sci Review

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Over the last years, AI applications have come to play a role in many security-related fields. In this paper, we show that scholars who want to study AI's link to power and security should widen their perspective to include conceptual approaches from science and technology studies (STS). This way, scholars can pay attention to critical dynamics, processes, practices, and non-traditional actors in AI politics and governance. We introduce two STS-inspired conceptsthe micro-politics of design and development and co-productionand show how the study of AI and security could benefit from them. In the final section, we turn to the study of AI in the context of Switzerland to underscore what aspects the two previously introduced concepts help to highlight that remain invisible for traditional approaches.

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Automating War: The Need for Regulation

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Is the Male-to-Female Transgender Travel Experience Similar to Cisgender Female Travel Experience and in What Ways Are They Different

Artificial Intelligence, Forward‐Looking Governance and the Future of Security

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