Law and the Future of War
Through conversation with experts in technology, law and military affairs, this series explores how new military technology and international law interact. Edited and produced by Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie, the podcast is published by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security. Until July 2024, the podcast was published by the University of Queensland School of Law.
Episodes
90 episodes
A functional approach to the legal review of Autonomous Weapon Systems - webinar recording
This episode is a recording of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security webinar hosted on 21 November 2024 on the functional approach to the legal review of autonomous weapon systems (AWS).AWS are no longer limited to ...
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Regulation of novel technology: Trusted Autonomous Systems: Simon Ng and Clare East
In this episode we continue our futures mini-series, and speak with Dr Simon Ng and Ms Clare East about the challenges of adopting novel technology and influencing its regulation. In particular, as the Chief Scientist and Manager of Law, Regula...
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Season 10
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Episode 11
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47:56
The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations - Dale Stephens
In this episode we hear from Professor Dale Stephens on the long-awaited release of The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations, how it came about, what it is intended to do, and where international law might be hea...
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Season 10
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Episode 13
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43:32
Bounded Autonomy, Meaningful Human Control and Military AI - Jan Maarten Schraagen
In this episode we dive into issues of human-machine teaming, with human factors engineer Jan Maarten Schraagen. Having edited the recently released book, Responsible Use of AI in Military Systems, Jan Maarten is an expert on how britt...
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Season 10
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Episode 12
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54:51
OpinioJuris Symposium on Military AI and the Law of Armed Conflict - Lena Trabucco
Part of the ongoing debate about the lawfulness of autonomy in military systems in the manner in which the technology integrates with and interacts with its human masters. The term Meaningful Human Control (or MHC) has garnered particular...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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45:38
Article 57, those who plan or decide on attacks and autonomous weapons - Renato Wolf
In this episode, Lauren Sanders is speaking with fellow LFW researcher, Renato Wolf about the issue of determining where legal obligations lie in the conduct of attacks, carried out by AWS. In particular they delve into his research about the A...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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51:18
Future of War series: Stuart Casey-Maslen and Directed Energy Weapons
In 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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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35:31
Future of War series: Algorithmic Futures with Zena Assaad and Elizabeth Williams
As 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 fo...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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38:02
Future of war series: Biological warfare and transparency on the battlefield with Robert Lawless
Continuing 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-stand...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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45:13
Future of War: Artur Gruszczak - The Routledge Handbook on the Future of War
In 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 wit...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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44:01
Future of War series: David Kilcullen and Ian Langford: the Future of Australia's Defence Strategy and the Indo-Pacific
Recorded 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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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52:46
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips Part 2
In 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 l...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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51:15
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips
In 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 Crimin...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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28:07
Contemporary ICL Issues - Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor? - Natacha Bracq
We 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...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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32:55
Future of War series: Sir Lawrence Freedman - The History of the Future of War (Ukraine Update)
We 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...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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41:08
Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World: Takeh Sendze
We start this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Mr Takeh Sendze, who is the editor of a recently published book,
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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30:07
BarbieHeimer Special Series - A Manhattan Historian's perspective on Oppenheimer: Chris Griffith (AtomicArchive)
In 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...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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40:53
BarbieHeimer - what the meme (and pop culture) teaches us about nuclear politics: Emily Faux
Today 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...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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47:45
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie as a Souvenir of International Law: Emily Crawford and Jacqueline Mowbray
In this 'BarbieHeimer' special episode, we return to the plastic doll, to talk about materialism, symbolism and the souvenirs in international law.
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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40:36
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie and The Nine Dash Line: Don Rothwell
In 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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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47:59
BarbieHeimer Special Series - Oppenheimer missed an opportunity: Gareth Evans
In 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...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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41:29
AWS, the Alignment problem and regulation - Brendan Walker-Munro and Sam Hartridge
In 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 r...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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47:08
What does IHL Permit, Prohibit and Require? - Netta Goussac and Laura Bruun
In 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 I...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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45:21
Legal Review of AWS: Decision support systems and technical feasibility of review- Taylor Woodcock and Klaudia Klonowska
As 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...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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39:09
AI Literacy for Defence Industry - Zygmunt Szpak
The 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 ma...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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42:35