🚨Just published with @cspjournal.bsky.social: A Civilisational Imaginary of Western Military Technology
I look at how narratives of “civilisation” and “The West” distort thinking around the design, regulation, and use of military technology, including military AI
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨Just published with @cspjournal.bsky.social: A Civilisational Imaginary of Western Military Technology
I look at how narratives of “civilisation” and “The West” distort thinking around the design, regulation, and use of military technology, including military AI
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I don’t think there’s any philosopher who, were they alive today, would have wiser things to say about our current technological condition.
Just got hold of this new English translation of Günther Anders.
Completely agree with this. Tech companies need to recognise that for a not insignificant portion of users, AI has become an inferior stand-in for meaningful human connection, and work to lesson the risk. An ethical duty to dehumanise the non-human.
thedispatch.com/article/anth...
The Pentagon/Anthropic Clash Over Military AI Guardrails, my latest @opiniojuris.bsky.social together with @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @profbode.bsky.social @zenaassaad.bsky.social and @ncrenic.bsky.social
opiniojuris.org/2026/02/26/t...
If you're looking for a summary of the Anthropic/DoD public debate & the safety, legal & ethical issues @jessicadorsey.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @profbode.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social & I summarised the debate in our @opiniojuris.bsky.social article 👇🏼
opiniojuris.org/2026/02/26/t...
The Anthropic-U.S. DoD public dispute continues. We have unpacked the latest updates & the safety, legal & ethical concerns in our @opiniojuris.bsky.social article
@jessicadorsey.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @profbode.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social
opiniojuris.org/2026/03/02/i...
🚨 Read my new article, where I share some concerns about AI in war and the endless pursuit of optimisation. Open Access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚨 Read my new article, where I share some concerns about AI in war and the endless pursuit of optimisation. Open Access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
2024: "I'm voting for Trump to lower the cost of eggs"
2026: "your son died a hero in the Greenlandic liberation wars"
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
If you wrote a book 10 years ago that started with, "...the year is 2026, European leaders scramble to prevent a US invasion of Greenland", the editor would tell you to calm down.
Academics are far too relaxed about writing for two years and having three people read it
Engaging and insightful analysis: "The gross imbalance between the emphasis on perpetrators’ moral character, suffering, and interests, on the one hand, and the devastating moral and physical injuries suffered by the victims of war crimes, on the other, is typically erased by war crime apologia."
For ABC News, Chris Elliot and I argued that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Robert’s-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his battlefield crimes and their impact on victims.
www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...
"On the Pitfalls of Technophilic Reason: A Commentary on Kevin Jon Heller’s “The Concept of ‘the Human’ in the Critique of Autonomous Weapons”, with @elkeschwarz.bsky.social.
journals.law.harvard.edu/nsj/2025/05/...
"A Matter of Time: The Role of Timing in Regulating Military Weapons”, with International Affairs. Drawing on historical cases, we detail the frequently overlooked value of acting early to control emerging military technologies.
t.co/UPYE4Mr27M
"Dirty Hands, Savage Enemies, and Bad Apples", with
@risjnl.bsky.social. We systematically detailed and critiqued war crime apologism - efforts to excuse, downplay, or even celebrate battlefield atrocity.
t.co/bl2kAqifBY
I wrote some articles this year that i'm proud of - on the themes of war, violence, and technology.
Compiled below for your reading convenience:
“What if we made the most morally demented man in America President twice?”
The best thing about American culture war exporters is their literal inability to find places outside the U.S on a map
Morning
Paid fellowship in awesome Hamburg in the field of ethics in international security. Fantastic opportunity for a PhD or new graduate - APPLY!
Just finished - brilliant! A fantastic book, highlighting the powerful, and often dark, work done by terms such as “pre-history”, “civilisation”, and “barbarism” throughout history.
Historians: “in this opening volume, I consider British cavalry innovation from 1817 (January) to 1817 (May)”
Economists: “in this blog post, I explain human origins, progress, and decline”
The review process
For a small fee, I will unfairly attack your PhD online, increasing your readership in the resulting backlash
🚨New First View Article🚨
"Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia" by Christopher Elliott, @ncrenic.bsky.social & Jessica Wolfendale is now available #OpenAccess!
Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/i8OUoL1
Methodology
From mid-November on, before you send an email ask yourself if this is really a 2025 problem