New Technology for Peace & Protection: Expanding the R2P Toolbox

New technological advances in areas such as digital information, algorithmic forensic data analysis, autonomous surveillance vehicles, advanced robotics, and multispectral sensors (sometimes all working together) can help avert war, introduce more effective peacekeeping and peacemaking initiatives,...

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Published in:Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2016-09, Vol.145 (4), p.88-100
Main Authors: Axworthy, Lloyd, Dorn, A. Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ethics
International law
Intervention
Law
Robotics
War
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Summary:New technological advances in areas such as digital information, algorithmic forensic data analysis, autonomous surveillance vehicles, advanced robotics, and multispectral sensors (sometimes all working together) can help avert war, introduce more effective peacekeeping and peacemaking initiatives, lessen the impact of conflict on innocent people, and help rebuild war-torn states. When international humanitarian action becomes urgent, by way of knowledge gained through such technologies, then those same peace applications can be used to reduce harmful forms of intervention and to ensure that enforcers are abiding by international law and UN guidance. An ethical failure occurs when such technologies exist to save lives, reduce risks, and secure peace, but are not employed.
ISSN:0011-5266
1548-6192
DOI:10.1162/DAED_a_00414