Neil Renic
@ncrenic.bsky.social
Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.
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Neil Renic
@ncrenic.bsky.social
· Apr 16
A matter of time: the role of timing in regulating military weapons
What challenges and opportunities are presented when efforts are made to regulate or prohibit morally problematic battlefield weapons or practices ex ante—
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🚨 Thrilled to announce that my latest article, with the amazing Sarah Percy, has been published with International Affairs. Drawing on historical cases, we explore the role of timing in the legal regulation of battlefield weapons and practices.
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Maybe we can agree that whatever else it does, ChatGPT shouldn’t be telling people who are about to kill themselves, “awesome idea!!!”
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Maybe we can agree that whatever else it does, ChatGPT shouldn’t be telling people who are about to kill themselves, “awesome idea!!!”
🚨 Delighted to share that I’ve just signed with Oxford University Press to write my next book: looking at how ideas about Western civilisation shape (and are shaped by) the design and use of military technology.
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🚨 Delighted to share that I’ve just signed with Oxford University Press to write my next book: looking at how ideas about Western civilisation shape (and are shaped by) the design and use of military technology.
Chris Elliot and I argue that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Roberts-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his crimes and their impact on victims. www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...
How should the War Memorial acknowledge Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged war crimes? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Ben Roberts-Smith has asked three courts to test allegations about his conduct in Afghanistan — it is now appropriate for the Australian War Memorial to change his exhibits to reflect the details of t...
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September 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Chris Elliot and I argue that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Roberts-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his crimes and their impact on victims. www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...
Trump: “DEATH TO MY ENEMIES”
New York Times: “questions raised over Trump’s commitment to national unity”
New York Times: “questions raised over Trump’s commitment to national unity”
September 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump: “DEATH TO MY ENEMIES”
New York Times: “questions raised over Trump’s commitment to national unity”
New York Times: “questions raised over Trump’s commitment to national unity”
you should be able to take off work because your book is getting to the good part
September 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
you should be able to take off work because your book is getting to the good part
"The termination is the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The termination is the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe
Reposted by Neil Renic
Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social
We need to discuss the utter social bleakness these new technologies are responding to and in many cases worsening
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We need to discuss the utter social bleakness these new technologies are responding to and in many cases worsening
Marching against the deliberate starvation of Palestinians
August 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Marching against the deliberate starvation of Palestinians
Universities: “AI will revolutionise education and enhance student learnings”
Student prompts: “select my research topic, give me an argument, write the essay, add references, and hide all evidence of your crimes”
Student prompts: “select my research topic, give me an argument, write the essay, add references, and hide all evidence of your crimes”
August 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Universities: “AI will revolutionise education and enhance student learnings”
Student prompts: “select my research topic, give me an argument, write the essay, add references, and hide all evidence of your crimes”
Student prompts: “select my research topic, give me an argument, write the essay, add references, and hide all evidence of your crimes”
The ever excellent @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and Caroline Holmqvist on AI, nuclear weapons, algorithmic thinking, and the centrality of imagination to ethics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Imagining spectral violence: On morality and meaning in the cyber-nuclear age - Caroline Holmqvist, Elke Schwarz, 2025
This article is about our relationship to two lethal technologies that blow the mind: nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence – and their mutual imbrication...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The ever excellent @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and Caroline Holmqvist on AI, nuclear weapons, algorithmic thinking, and the centrality of imagination to ethics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Important things to consider before we outsource the research and writing process to machine proxies
July 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Important things to consider before we outsource the research and writing process to machine proxies
My first conference since returning to Oz and it was fantastic! Discussing AI and the resort to force with an amazing set of co-panelists
July 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My first conference since returning to Oz and it was fantastic! Discussing AI and the resort to force with an amazing set of co-panelists
Personally, I was hoping for a future with slightly less billionaire-controlled Hitlerbots
July 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Personally, I was hoping for a future with slightly less billionaire-controlled Hitlerbots
The trick to reading lots of books is to not read lots of books
July 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The trick to reading lots of books is to not read lots of books
111 years ago today, Franz Kafka summed up adulthood
July 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
111 years ago today, Franz Kafka summed up adulthood