A Southeast Asian perspective on the impact of increasingly Autonomous systems on subnational relations of power

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ID12699684
AuthorsAustin Wyatt (0000-0003-1901-8019, School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales Canberra at ADFA, Values in Defence and Security Technology Group, Canberra, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume21
Issue3
Pages271-291
Publication date2021-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDefence Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2436 • E-ISSN: 1743-9698
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14702436.2021.1908136
OpenAlexW3147897127
LanguageEN
References cited19

The emergence of increasingly autonomous uninhabited systems has sparked understandable concern among policymakers, defence personnel, and academics, as well as civil-society. Quite reasonably, the body of literature that is arising in response to this concern has largely remained focused on the ethical, legal and practical consequences of “killer robots” being deployed by great power militaries. Unfortunately, however, this has left significant gaps in our understanding of how the diffusion of uninhabited systems and Artificial Intelligence will impact on security of rising middle powers and the lives of their citizens. This article provides an analysis of how the diffusion of uninhabited systems will influence the exercise of sub-national power, using Southeast Asia as its focal point. In other words, this paper asks the question of how autonomous weapon systems will influence the regimes of power and considers how the blurring of the lines between the law enforcement and military use of force paradigms affects law enforcement, border security, and internal surveillance and repression in this region

Enforcement · Law enforcement · National security · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Global Security and Public Health · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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