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Autonomous Weapons and International Norms

By: Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss Published in: Toronto: McGill-Queen’s University Press Date: 2022 Summary In Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Norms Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss present an innovative study of how testing, developing, and using weapons systems with autonomous features shapes ethical and legal norms, and how standards manifest and change in practice. […]

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Book 2015 - Individual Agency and Policy Change at the United Nations: The People of the United Nations

Individual Agency and Policy Change at the United Nations: The People of the United Nations

By: Ingvild Bode Published in: London – Routledge Date: 2015 Summary This book highlights how temporary international civil servants play a crucial role in initiating processes of legal and institutional change in the United Nations system. These individuals are the “missing” creative elements needed to fully understand the emergence and initial spread of UN ideas such as human

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Governing the Use-of-Force in International Relations: The Post-9/11 US Challenge to International Law

By: Aiden Warren and Ingvild Bode Published in: Basingstoke – Palgrave Macmillan Date: 2014 Summary This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat presented

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