Remote Control Project

Defining Remote Warfare: The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

This briefing will show how, amid a new global security environment shared by state and non-state actors, the market for force has developed into a strategic partner for the state in both the Western and non-Western world.

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Falling Short of Security in Somalia

Drawing upon a number of interviews conducted with serving and former UK and EU military personnel and round-table material, this briefing by Emily Knowles examines the international involvement in military operations to counter Al-Shabaab.

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Defining Remote Warfare: Cyber

This briefing investigates how cyber could fit into traditional understandings of military doctrine and strategy, and therefore how it might fit in with the Remote Warfare Programme’s work on changes in military engagement.

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Remote Warfare and the Boko Haram Insurgency

This report by Open Briefing examines the effectiveness of the use of remote warfare by the Nigerian government, its regional allies and Western states to counter the threat of Boko Haram.

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We Have Re-Branded

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The Remote Control Project has joined Oxford Research Group as a programme. Under the new brand of the Remote Warfare Programme, the team will sustain and expand its work on analysing the implications of changes in military engagement

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Defining Remote Warfare: Security Cooperation

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This is the first briefing in a series which will bring together experts to discuss important aspects of remote warfare to provide some conceptual clarity. This briefing paper provides an overview of a central, but often overlooked, instrument of US remote warfare: security cooperation. This briefing paper demonstrates the significance of security cooperation to remote […]

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Briefing: Mind the Gap: Parliament in the Age of Remote Warfare

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This briefing by Liam Walpole explores the origins of the War Powers Convention and parliament’s role in scrutinising the UK government’s use of lethal force over the last decade. It argues that the debate over whether to introduce either a war powers resolution or law has stalled due to innumerable caveats that stand in the […]

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Report: After the Fall: Views from the ground of international military intervention in post-Gadhafi Libya

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This report by Libya specialist Alison Pargeter examines Libyan views on international operations in Libya and analyses the possible effects of such operations on Libya’s longer-term stability. Through interviews with a diverse section of Libyan society, the research paints a detailed picture of how international intervention, both covert and overt, is perceived by Libyans. Read […]

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Defining Remote Warfare: The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

This is the third briefing in a series which will bring together experts to...

Briefing: Falling Short of Security in Somalia

Drawing upon on a number of interviews conducted with serving and former UK and EU...

Defining Remote Warfare: Cyber

This briefing adds to the debate by investigating how cyber could fit into traditional...

Remote Warfare and the Boko Haram Insurgency

This report by Open Briefing examines the effectiveness of the use of remote warfare...

Special Forces Opacity: Dangers for the U.K.

This article was first published on The Strategy Bridge on March 28, 2018 When...

Private Military and Security Companies: An Interview with Christopher Spearin

Defence and security expert Christopher Spearin discusses the use of private military and security...

Emily Knowles at the University of Birmingham

In October 2017, Emily Knowles, the Remote Warfare Programme Director, joined a panel of practitioners,...

The Media and War: An Interview with Daniel Hallin

Renowned political communications scholar Daniel Hallin talks about the media coverage of the Vietnam...

Defining Remote Warfare: The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

This briefing will show how, amid a new global security environment shared by state and non-state actors, the market for force has developed into a strategic partner for the state in both the Western and non-Western world.

Falling Short of Security in Somalia

Drawing upon a number of interviews conducted with serving and former UK and EU military personnel and round-table material, this briefing by Emily Knowles examines the international involvement in military operations to counter Al-Shabaab.

Defining Remote Warfare: Cyber

This briefing investigates how cyber could fit into traditional understandings of military doctrine and strategy, and therefore how it might fit in with the Remote Warfare Programme’s work on changes in military engagement.

Remote Warfare and the Boko Haram Insurgency

This report by Open Briefing examines the effectiveness of the use of remote warfare by the Nigerian government, its regional allies and Western states to counter the threat of Boko Haram.