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Off-kilter analogy but no less chilling: “Autonomous weapons are the new nuclear weapons. Countries that possess them will be protected.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...
Nice running into @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social today
🎬 Great to see this out! It was a pleasure to join leading experts and practitioners to discuss EU defence procurement. My bottom line: EU procurement fragmentation comes at high costs, and impacts accountability, human rights & the rule of law.
Late to this - worth reading if you haven't: turinsche.substack.com/p/issue-43-h...
"The groups also accused the European Commission of prioritising defence industry interests over transparency and democratic scrutiny, warning that the omnibus package risks accelerating global arms sales under the cover of technical reform." www.euractiv.com/news/ngos-wa...
Undermining EU coordination, some "rich" Member States are breaking ranks to avoid co-financing defense spending of EU nations that have lower credit ratings nltimes.nl/2026/03/17/n...
Stuart Kauffman on "new-in-the-universe possibilities": "Humility then becomes rational rather than moralistic. Humility in this frame is not a virtue-signaling posture. It becomes epistemically and ontologically appropriate." via @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/emergence-is...
Europe, slouching towards the democratization of war cepa.org/article/how-...
Our new co-edited symposium on 'Business and Human Rights and the arms industry: challenges, prospects, and current dynamics' is published in the Business and Human Rights Journal ! Here is our Editorial: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Campaigners say reforms would reduce transparency over military transfers
New Trending Globally #podcast: How do borders shape our society? Ieva Jusionyte, director of Brown’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, discusses immigration enforcement, border communities, and her award-winning research.
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The Netherlands, the UK, and Finland plan to create a new financing body for defense initiatives. The Multilateral Defense Mechanism (MDM), open to nations with strong credit standings, aims to stimul...
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