Essays about: "weapons control"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words weapons control.

1. 1. Security or Security Issue of Tomorrow? Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems : A critical discourse analysis of securitization of LAWS in German political-institutional dabates

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Ronja Schahira Kaya Metzger; [2021]
   Keywords : Lethal autonomous Weapons Systems; Securitization; Convention on Conventional Weapons; CCW; weapons control; Germany;

   Abstract : In this thesis, the role of Legal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) in the German institutional-political landscape is examined. The effort guiding the thesis is to uncover and understand how LAWS have been constructed in the German institutional-political discourse from 2017-2021. READ MORE

3. 2. Meaningful Human Control of Autonomous Weapon Systems: Institutional definitions in the light of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Amanda Musco Eklund; [2020]
   Keywords : Meaningful human control; human judgement; autonomous weapon systems; LAWS; international humanitarian law; international human rights law; human-machine interaction; artificial intelligence; United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.;

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4. 3. Does the sinner beat the saint? An empirical study of the Nordic stock market

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jonathan Winberg; [2019-11-27]
   Keywords : Sin Stocks; Sin Stock Anomaly; Nordic Stock Market; Fama-French Three-Factor Model; CAPM; Asset Pricing Models; Portfolio Asset Management; OLS; Gambling; Tobacco; Alcohol; Weapons; Oil Gas; Self-Financing; Portfolio Strategy;

   Abstract : Abstract This research paper studies the interaction between monthly returns of sin stock portfolios, where the purpose is to get an understanding of what impact an exclusion of sin stocks can have on portfolio returns for Nordic stock investors. OLS (ordinary least squares) time-series regression models are used to execute this research, using data between 1990-2018. READ MORE

5. 4. Conceptualizing lethal autonomous weapon systems and their impact on the conduct of war - A study on the incentives, implementation and implications of weapons independent of human control

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Sascha Simon; [2019]
   Keywords : Lethal autonomous weapon systems; LAWS; Autonomy; Automation; Technology; Security; War; Ethics; Arms control; Proliferation; Democratic Peace Theory; Adaption Capacity Theory; Diffusion; Meaningful human control; Killer Robots;

   Abstract : The thesis has aimed to study the emergence of a new weapons technology, also known as ‘killer robots’ or lethal autonomous weapon system. It seeks to answer what factors drive the development and deployment of this weapon system without ‘meaningful human control’, a component that allows the decision to kill to be delegated to machines. READ MORE

6. 5. Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Weronika Alexandra Perlinski; [2018-02-09]
   Keywords : Global Studies; Warfare; Human Rights; International Relations;

   Abstract : After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a third revolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientists and civil society activist have been discussing the risks of such systems and possibilities to regulate them within the framework of the United Nations’ Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). READ MORE