1st Edition
The Disruptive Impact of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Diffusion Modern Melians and the Dawn of Robotic Warriors
Chapter 1: Introduction:
Chapter 2 - Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
Chapter 3: Research Design, Methodology and Theoretical Framework
Chapter 4: Development and Diffusion of Unmanned Combat Vehicles
Chapter 5: The Rise of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Chapter 6: Evaluating Indonesia’s Adoption Capacity
Chapter 7: Evaluating Singapore’s Adoption Capacity
Chapter 8: Discussing the Impact of AWS Diffusion on Relations of Power and Strategic Stability in Southeast Asia
Chapter 9: Proposing a Regional ‘Soft’ Normative Framework for the Safer Deployment of AI-Enabled Autonomous Weapon Systems in Southeast Asia.
Chapter 10: Conclusion and Directions for Future Research
Biography
Austin Wyatt is a Research Associate at UNSW, Canberra. His research focuses on autonomous weapons, with a particular emphasis on their disruptive effects in Asia. He was awarded his PhD summa cum laude in 2020 from the Australian Catholic University. Dr Wyatt was a New Colombo Plan Scholar and completed a research internship at KAIST. Dr Wyatt’s latest published research includes "Charting Great Power Progress Toward a Lethal Autonomous Weapon System Demonstration Point", Defence Studies, 20(1), 2020 and "The revolution of autonomous systems and its implications for the arms trade". In Research Handbook on the Arms Trade.
