Technology, Ethics and the Protocols of Modern War

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Contemporary security has expanded its meaning, content and structure in response to globalisation and the emergence of greatly improved world-wide communication. The protocols of modern warfare, including targeted killing, enhanced interrogations, mass electronic surveillance and the virtualisation of war have changed the moral landscape and brought diverse new interactions with politics, law, religion, ethics and technology. This book addresses how and why the nature of security has changed and what this means for the security actors involved and the wider society. Offering a crossdisciplinary perspective on concepts, meanings and categories of security, the book brings together scholars and experts from a range of disciplines including political, military studies and security studies, political economy and international relations. Contributors reflect upon new communication methods, postmodern concepts of warfare, technological determinants and cultural preferences to provide new theoretical and analytical insights into a changing security environment and the protocols of war in the 21st century. A useful text for scholars and students of security studies, international relations, global governance, international law and ethics, foreign policy, comparative studies and contemporary world history. Table of contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors 1 Introduction: Protocols of modern war • Artur Gruszczak and Paweł Frankowski 2 Strategic communication and contemporary European security • Michael O. Holenweger and Alexandre C. Hochuli 3 Violence reconsidered: Towards postmodern warfare • Artur Gruszczak 4 Private security, military companies and foreign fighters: Possible interactions and potential practical implications • Iveta Hlouchova 5 Uprisings, violence and the securitisation of inequality • Caroline Varin 6 Complicating security: The multiple narratives emerging from the Ukraine crisis • Crister S. Garrett 7 Technology, development, global commonsand international security: A global commons and interdisciplinary approach to global security • M. Matheswaran 8 Organisational networks in post-conflict disarmament efforts • Andrea Kathryn Talentino, Frederic S. Pearson and Isil Akbulut 9 From MK-Ultra project to Human Terrain System • Michał Pawiński 10 Ethical dimension of post-heroic and autonomous modern armed conflicts • Błażej Sajduk 11 European military and dual-use technology transfers to Russia • Simona R. Soare 12 Dilemmas of security and social justice • Veena Thadani 13 Cyber security norms in the Euro-Atlantic region • Joe Burton 14 Cyberspace’s ontological implications for national security • Dighton (Mac) Fiddner 15 Conclusions Index