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Neil Renic

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Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 Thrilled to announce that my latest article, with the amazing Sarah Percy, has been published with International Affairs. Drawing on historical cases, we explore the role of timing in the legal regulation of battlefield weapons and practices.
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A matter of time: the role of timing in regulating military weapons

What challenges and opportunities are presented when efforts are made to regulate or prohibit morally problematic battlefield weapons or practices ex ante—

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Delighted to share that I’ve just signed with Oxford University Press to write my next book: looking at how ideas about Western civilisation shape (and are shaped by) the design and use of military technology.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 9d

Chris Elliot and I argue that it’s past time for the Australian War Memorial to update its Ben Roberts-Smith exhibits to give a full, unvarnished accounting of his crimes and their impact on victims. www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...

How should the War Memorial acknowledge Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged war crimes? - ABC Religion & Ethics

Ben Roberts-Smith has asked three courts to test allegations about his conduct in Afghanistan — it is now appropriate for the Australian War Memorial to change his exhibits to reflect the details of t...

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 11d

Trump: “DEATH TO MY ENEMIES”

New York Times: “questions raised over Trump’s commitment to national unity”

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 11d

Merimbula, NSW

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11/10 graffiti

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 11d

Disastrous

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 12d

you should be able to take off work because your book is getting to the good part

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 12d

"The termination is the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza."
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 24d

No wonder Musk is impressed, the London march stretched all the way to the Arc de Triomphe

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 24d

Sunday sunrise

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Bleak

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Nicholas Marsh @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Effects of the Ukraine War, including the 2025 EU White Paper on European Defence, have transformed the political economy of European defence production are examined in a new @jei-publication.bsky.social article
written with @brunoomartins.bsky.social and
@jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social

Article title: The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Aug 19

A pleasure Douglas!

Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Aug 17

Happy Sundays

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Aug 10

We need to discuss the utter social bleakness these new technologies are responding to and in many cases worsening

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Aug 9

Marching against the deliberate starvation of Palestinians

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Aug 8

Universities: “AI will revolutionise education and enhance student learnings”

Student prompts: “select my research topic, give me an argument, write the essay, add references, and hide all evidence of your crimes”

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jul 25

The ever excellent @elkeschwarz.bsky.social and Caroline Holmqvist on AI, nuclear weapons, algorithmic thinking, and the centrality of imagination to ethics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...