Law and the Future of War

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Episodes 95

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Since Oct 2020

Latest Episode May 2025

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About This Podcast

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.

Note: the views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other organisation (such as Government, or Departments of Defence), unless the speaker specifically attributes their comments to that organisation.

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Recent Episodes

S11E5 The Geneva Conventions and the Third World - Srinivas Burra

May 20, 2025 45m

Send a textIn this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Associate Professor Srinivas Burra about the Third World and the Geneva Conventions. They discuss the value of taking a Third World…

S11E4 The Geneva Conventions at sea - André Smit (ICRC)

May 07, 2025 53m

Send a textAs part of the 75th anniversary series on the Gevena Conventions, Lauren Sanders speaks to André Smit - the ICRC Regional Legal Adviser on Maritime Matters (Asia-Pacific) when he visited…

S11E3 The Geneva Conventions and Non-State Armed Groups - Katharine Fortin

Jan 15, 2025 46m

Send a textIn this episode, Simon speaks with Dr Katharine Fortin about non-international armed conflicts, focussing on the intersections between IHL, international human rights law and armed…

S11E2 The Geneva Conventions in History - Helen Kinsella and Giovanni Mantilla

Jan 01, 2025 57m

Send a textIn this episode, Simon speaks to Professor Helen Kinsella and Associate Professor Giovanni Mantilla, two leading experts on the history and formation of the Geneva Conventions and IHL more…

S11E1 75 Years of the Geneva Conventions - Lauren Sanders and Simon McKenzie

Dec 18, 2024 24m

Send a textIn this series introduction, Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie talk about the Geneva Conventions, and what is in store for the Law and the Future of War podcast over the next few…

A functional approach to the legal review of Autonomous Weapon Systems - webinar recording

Dec 06, 2024 1h 32m

Send a textThis 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…

S10E11 Regulation of novel technology: Trusted Autonomous Systems: Simon Ng and Clare East

Sep 20, 2024 47m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E13 The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations - Dale Stephens

Jun 05, 2024 43m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E12 Bounded Autonomy, Meaningful Human Control and Military AI - Jan Maarten Schraagen

May 08, 2024 54m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E8 OpinioJuris Symposium on Military AI and the Law of Armed Conflict - Lena Trabucco

Apr 09, 2024 45m

Send a textPart 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…

S10E9 Article 57, those who plan or decide on attacks and autonomous weapons - Renato Wolf

Mar 27, 2024 51m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E5 Future of War series: Stuart Casey-Maslen and Directed Energy Weapons

Jan 16, 2024 35m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E6 Future of War series: Algorithmic Futures with Zena Assaad and Elizabeth Williams

Dec 21, 2023 38m

Send a textAs 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…

S10E4 Future of war series: Biological warfare and transparency on the battlefield with Robert Lawless

Dec 21, 2023 45m

Send a textContinuing 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…

S10E3 Future of War: Artur Gruszczak - The Routledge Handbook on the Future of War

Dec 21, 2023 44m

Send a textIn 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…

S10E2 Future of War series: David Kilcullen and Ian Langford: the Future of Australia's Defence Strategy and the Indo-Pacific

Nov 29, 2023 52m

Send a textRecorded 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…

S9E4 Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips Part 2

Oct 18, 2023 51m

Send a textIn 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…

S9E3 Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips

Oct 04, 2023 28m

Send a textIn 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…

S9E2 Contemporary ICL Issues - Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor? - Natacha Bracq

Sep 27, 2023 32m

Send a textWe 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…

S10E1 Future of War series: Sir Lawrence Freedman - The History of the Future of War (Ukraine Update)

Sep 20, 2023 41m

Send a textWe 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…

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Law and the Future of War has published 95 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Government, History.

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Law and the Future of War is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 40m.