1st Edition
Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Contemporary International Security
Introduction: The impact of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) across the conflict spectrum
Ash Rossiter
1. Reluctant innovators? Inter-organizational conflict and the U.S.A.’s route to becoming a drone power
Marc R. DeVore
2. Armed, unmanned, and in high demand: the drivers behind combat drones proliferation in the Middle East
Francisco F. Milan and Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
3. U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan’s Pashtun ‘tribal’ region: beginning of the end under President Trump?
Farooq Yousaf
4. What’s in it for us? Armed drone strikes and the security of Somalia’s Federal Government
Brendon J. Cannon
5. What’s wrong with drones? Automatization and target selection
Andree-Anne Melancon
6. Friend or frenemy? The role of trust in human-machine teaming and lethal autonomous weapons systems
Aiden Warren and Alek Hillas
7. Bots on the ground: an impending UGV revolution in military affairs?
Ash Rossiter
8. Artificial intelligence, big data and autonomous systems along the belt and road: towards private security companies with Chinese characteristics?
Peter Layton
9. The impact of Artificial Intelligence on hybrid warfare
Guilong Yan
Biography
Ash Rossiter is Assistant Professor of International Security at Khalifa University, UAE. His research rests at the nexus of technology and international security and he has published widely on this theme in journals such as Parameters and Defence Studies. He is author of the book Security in the Gulf (2020).
