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Send us a textAs part of the 75th anniversary series on the Gevena Conventions, Lauren Sanders speaks to André Smit - the ICRC Regional Legal Adviser on Maritime Matters (Asia-Pacific) when he visited Australia in September 2024. They discuss the applicability of Geneva Convention II (GC II) on the Amerlioraton to the region and challenges for states in applying their obligations under GC II in the event of a maritime conflict in the region. André supports the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Asia and the Pacific region from the ICRC Regional Resources Network (RRN) in Thailand. The role focusses on advancing the regional understanding of international humanitarian law applicable to armed conflict at sea, strengthening the application of other legal protection regimes at sea, supporting the work of other ICRC métiers and ICRC Delegations on related files, and supporting the ICRC institutional thinking on its future positioning in Asia and the Pacific. His work experience includes practising law; serving as officer in the South African National Defence Force; and service in the South African Foreign Ministry as counsel to Government on International Law. In the military, he served at unit-, training-, Joint Operations-, and Defence Headquarters-levels retiring as a senior officer supporting policy and international law. He provided operational legal support to operations and supported the force preparation of naval infantry, maritime air operations squadrons (helicopter and fixed wing), the submarine service. The culmination of his time as an instructor was serving as Director of the Departmental Course on International Humanitarian Law. After military service, as State Law Adviser (International Law) in the foreign Ministry, he fulfilled legal and diplomatic functions (at the level of counsellor), represented the Government in various bilateral and multilateral diplomatic forums, and co-drafted South Africa's submissions to the International Court of Justice. He was a long-standing member of the South African National Committee on International Humanitarian Law. He lectured at various universities and other training institutions on topics including air and space law, law of the sea, the interfaces of human rights and international humanitarian law in military operations, and at different diplomatic academies with minor publications on related topics of maritime operations. 

Send us a textIn this series introduction, Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie talk about the Geneva Conventions, and what is in store for the Law and the Future of War podcast over the next few months.

How will automated systems and artificial intelligence change the nature of weaponry?What ethical issues are at play when we discuss lethal autonomous weapons? Can weapons be programmed to follow the laws of armed conflict?How does public literacy influence perceptions of weapons systems?In this episode, Zena Assaad and Lauren Sanders join Danielle Ireland-Piper to discuss weapons regulation, and how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems changes the arms landscape.Dr Zena Assaad is a Senior Research Fellow with the School of Engineering at the Australian National University (ANU).Dr Lauren Sanders is a Senior Research Fellow with the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, in the Law and Future of War Project.Dr Danielle-Ireland Piper is Academic Director and Associate Professor at the ANU National Security College (NSC). TRANSCRIPTShow notesListener survey: The Nation Security Podcast NSC academic programs – find out more UN Report on Governing AI EU AI Act Responsible AI in the Military Summit Legal review of autonomous weapons systems We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu,edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. The National Security Podcast is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Illinois woman traveled to Phoenix earlier this month to visit her sister, a trip that hasn’t ended and won’t come to an end any time soon. On Oct. 11 around 11 a.m., Lauren Sanders at 24 weeks pregnant gave birth to twins. The father, Dacota, was on his way to the St. Louis airport and missed the births. The premature babies have come with complications and the family is now asking for help. These special parents join the show this morning to tell us about their amazing journey and the names they picked out for their new arrivals. 

Send us a Text Message.In this special episode of Jump Ball and Study Hall titled 'Game Changers,' hosted by K. Dot, features an in-depth panel discussion on the WNBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Panelists, including Lauren Sanders from 9450 Basketball Network, Brittany Wallace and Chanteé Hallet from 21 Titles, dive into the significant aspects of the CBA, emphasizing the monumental changes brought about by the 2020 agreement such as salary increases, improved travel conditions, maternity benefits, and the ongoing struggle for equitable compensation. The discussion highlights the disparities between the WNBA and NBA salaries, the need for enhanced revenue sharing models, sponsorships, media coverage, and the importance of investing in players' long-term sustainability. The episode also touches on the role of social media in rallying support for the players, the impact of the CBA on maternity leave policies, historical neglect of player maternity needs, and the future of WNBA negotiations and potential improvements in the next CBA. The conversation wraps up with a call to fans for increased support and engagement with the league and its coverage.00:00 Welcome to the WNBA CBA Deep Dive!01:05 Breaking Down the 2020 WNBA CBA: Achievements and Challenges02:12 The Fight for Equitable Compensation in the WNBA04:55 Charter Flights for WNBA Players: A Game Changer19:15 The Impact of TV Deals and Salary Caps on the WNBA28:54 Navigating the Complexities of the WNBA Salary Cap34:45 Navigating the Challenges of Team Rosters and Salary Caps35:31 Engaging with the Audience: Shoutouts and Comments35:51 Diving Deep into WNBA's Marketing Agreements and Revenue Sharing36:49 The Urgent Need for Fair Revenue Sharing and Jersey Sales Profits40:00 The 2020 CBA: A Call for Responsibility and Better Negotiations46:37 Maternity Rights in the WNBA: A Critical Discussion57:02 Concluding Thoughts: The Future of WNBA and Fan Engagement

In this episode, Lauren Sanders is speaking with fellow LFW researcher, Renato Wolf about the issue of determining where legal obligations lie in the conduct of attacks, carried out by AWS. In particular they delve into his research about the Art 57 term ‘those who plan or decide attacks' to see how that maps onto AWS, how that features in the AWS debate and what needs to be thought about in operationalising this legal obligation.Renato Wolf is an international lawyer who served as a legal adviser to the Swiss Armed Forces for nearly ten years. He was deployed to Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and then spent two years working as a legal advisor to the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Unit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Law with a specialization in international law from the University of Bern, Switzerland, as well as a Master of Arts in War in the Modern World from the King's College London. He is currently a research fellow at the University of Queensland and finalizing his PhD on the legal review of autonomous weapons.

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Professor Stuart Casey-Maslen about Directed Energy Weapons. They traverse the existing legal controls on these weapons, and speak about the potential for future regulation of novel uses of energy weapons in armed conflict.  This conversation preceded a presentation by Dr Casey-Maslen, Dr Sanders and  Dr Altman for UNIDIR, which was a side event to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Meeting of States Parties, held in November 2023.  Stuart Casey-Maslen is an international lawyer and Professor at the University of Pretoria, specialising in the use of force and the protection of civilians, and he has published numerous books and articles on this topic. He is also an Associate Fellow within the Global Fellowship Initiative of the GCSP.  Additional Resources: United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement, 01 June 2020.ICRC Expert Meeting on Legal Reviews of Weapons and the SlrUS Project.A/78/324: Thematic study on the global trade in weapons, equipment and devices used by law enforcement and other public authorities that are capable of inflicting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, 24 Aug 23.

In this episode of "Beyond The 9450," hosts Brittany and Chanteè, along with guest Lauren "Lolo" Sanders, discuss the new league called Unrivaled, created by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. They explore the reasons behind the creation of the league, the challenges faced by WNBA players in terms of income, and the potential impact of Unrivaled on the basketball landscape. They also highlight the unique format and goals of Unrivaled, including equity ownership for players. Show Notes Introduction to the podcast and hosts (Brittany and Chanteè) (00:00:00) Introduction to 21 Titles, a consultancy firm focused on the overall development and wellness of student-athletes  (00:00:15) Introduction of Lauren Sanders, co-host of "Keeping It 9450" and "Courtside Access with Lauren" (00:01:07) Discussion on Unrivaled League Overview of the need for additional income options for WNBA players (00:02:24) Introduction of Unrivaled, a new league created by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier (00:02:46) Details about Unrivaled league, including the time frame and number of teams (00:03:04) Goal to raise funds to pay players comparable to their WNBA salaries (00:03:42) Highlighting the significance of equity ownership for initial players (00:04:00) Perspectives on Unrivaled Positive response to the initiative and the players taking matters into their own hands  (00:04:35) Concerns about potential challenges in matching WNBA salaries (00:09:48) Potential impact on the WNBA and its response to Unrivaled  (00:11:02) Exploring other league alternatives for different tiers of players (00:12:11) Excitement about the growth of women's sports and the possibilities for new leagues (00:14:11) Closing Remarks Hope for future growth and success of Unrivaled and other new leagues  (00:14:31) Encouragement to follow the podcast and related accounts on social media Key Takeaways Unrivaled is a new league created by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier to address the need for additional income options for WNBA players. The league aims to raise funds to pay players comparable to their WNBA salaries and offers equity ownership to initial players. Unrivaled will have a unique format with three-on-three and one-on-one games played in a custom sound stage in Miami. The league's success may lead to potential challenges and competition for the WNBA. The creation of Unrivaled highlights the growing momentum and empowerment in women's sports, with the potential for other leagues to emerge in the future.  Closing: Thank you for listening to this episode of "Beyond The 9450." Stay connected with the podcast and related accounts on social media for updates on Unrivaled and other exciting developments in the world of women's basketball.

The discussion about AI regulation and law has been hampered by a lack of understanding about what AI actually is and what it can do. To date, there is no agreed definition of what constitutes AI; not any likely international consensus, with many states and NGOs adopting their own definitions.  This problem is then compounded when it comes to defining (and confining) what constitutes lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS).In this episode Dr Lauren Sanders interviews Dr Zygmunt Szpak, a computer scientist and executive director of Insight Via Artificial Intelligence (IVAI), to discuss some of these difficult questions. IVAI does research, development and deployment of AI, and also educates Defence industry on what AI is and how it can be used. The company is a member of the Defence AI Research Network and is currently working on Science, Technology and Research (STaR) Shots, which are challenging, inspirational and aspirational S&T missions that will align strategic research to force structure priorities. Prior to co-founding IVAI, Zygmunt spent over a decade working as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Adelaide, in the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies which then became the Australian Institute for Machine Learning. Zygmunt remains an adjunct senior lecturer at the Institute.  Additional Resources The Prediction Machines websiteThe European Commission's report, Shaping Europe's digital future, which includes 'A Definition of Artificial Intelligence: main capabilities and scientific disciplines' The movie, 'Hidden Figures' The  'AI and Deep Learning' collection, created by the Two Minute Papers Youtube Channel.

What are Australia's obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and are they compatible with AUKUS? Dr Keith Suter shares his insights into the future of this agreement while discussing an article by Lauren Sanders, "If AUKUS is all about nuclear submarines, how can it comply with nuclear non-proliferation treaties? A law scholar explains".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special episode,  members of the Law and Future of War research project discuss two significant events occurring in the week of 17 March 2023 relating to criminal justice for alleged war crimes: 1. The ICC arrest warrant  issued in respect of the situation in Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin's role in the alleged deportation of children from Ukraine since February 2022; and2. The Australian domestic arrest of a former Australian Defence Force trooper for the war crime of murder alleged to have occurred in Afghanistan in 2012.Dr Lauren Sanders is joined by Professor Rain Liivoja and Dr Simon McKenzie to explore what these warrants mean for international and domestic accountability for breaches of the law of armed conflict. Note: the views presented in this episode are those of the speakers and do not represent the views of any organisation or any government. 

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Dr Paul Scharre, Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS (the Centre for a New American Security), is a leading author on autonomous weapons and the impact of AI in the military. He has an extensive background in the drafting and implementation of policy relating to the current and future use of autonomy and artificial intelligence in the military; and has squeezed us in amid his book launch commitments for his most recent book, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.  It addresses the issue of global power in the face of the battle to control artificial intelligence, and how the next industrial revolution will impact the future of war.  Additional Resources:Paul Scahrre, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.  Norton, 2023Paul Scharre, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War. Norton, 2019.ChinaTalk (podcast)Epoch AI - Quarterly trend reports and other research reports Anthropic - Frontier AI SafetyMatthew Sadler and Natasha Regan, Game Changer: AlphaZero's Ground Breaking Chess Strategy and the Promise of AI, 2019US State Department Statement on Responsiblee Use of Military AI, 16 Feb 23

In today's episode we are continuing our holiday season special on entertainment and IHL. Dr Lauren Sanders is speaking again with Professor Shiri Krebs, but this time about targeting and the movies.  In particular they are talking about her paper, Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL, and how representations of the use of drones in movies (such as the 2015 movie, 'Eye in the Sky'), gets IHL wrong, and how it is being used (or misused) to educate people about ethical decision making in armed conflict and how IHL applies in targeting decisions. Spoiler alert: contains plot details of 'Eye in the Sky'.Professor Krebs draws upon Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and post-humanist feminism literature to critically evaluate how drone visuals shape and influence military practices; using  popular culture products, such as drone cinema, to critique military processes of knowledge production and the Western-militarist ethos of objectivity.Shiri is a Professor at Deakin University's Law Faculty, as well as the Co-lead of the Law and Policy Theme in the Australian Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC).  In 2022 she was elected as the Lieber Society on the Laws of Armed Conflict Chair (with the American Society of International Law), and she is an affiliated scholar at Stanford University's Centre for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Professor Krebs has written and published broadly on algorithmic bias and drone data vulnerabilities, data privacy, and human-machine interaction in technology-assisted legal decision-making, at the intersection of law, science and technology. She teaches the outcomes of her work in many fora – including to governments and militaries.Special thanks to Rosie Cavdarski for editing.Additional resources:Shiri Krebs,'Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL' , Zeitschrift fur Auslandisches Offentliches Recht und Volkerrecht, Vol 82, 2022Shiri Krebs, ‘Law Wars: Experimental Data on the Impact of Legal Labels on Wartime Event Beliefs', (2020) 11 Harvard National Security Journal 106Shiri Krebs, ‘Predictive Technologies and Opaque Epistemology in Counter-Terrorism Decision-Making' in 9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law (K. L. Scheppele and A. Vedaschi, eds.Donna Harraway, 'Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective',  Feminist Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Autumn, 1988).

In this  episode of our IHL and entertainment series, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Dr Shannon Zimmerman about Dr Who and his crimes of genocide.Talking about the examples of genocide by Dr Who throughout the series, this interview discussed Dr Zimmerman's paper,  'Doctor Who and the Responsibility to Protect: Public Perspectives of Atrocity Crimes', which canvasses the depiction of genocide in this science fiction series, and how the language and treatment of this international crime in the TV show changes along with real-life events over the course of the series' history; and the use of science fiction as thought experiments in the study of political science.Dr Zimmerman is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University at the Australian War College and Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at UQ. Her research focuses on norm implementation in United Nations peacekeeping missions, specifically Protection of Civilians (PoC) and counter terrorism in peacekeeping operations. She also studies misogyny motivated terrorism, land the emergency of the involuntary celibates or 'incels'. Shannon received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2019 and her Masters in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in 2012.Special thanks to Rosie Cavdarski for editing. Additional resources:Zimmerman, S, 'Doctor Who and the Responsibility to Protect: Public Perspectives of Atrocity Crimes', The Journal of Popular Culture, 6 Nov 2022.To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy and Conflict in the 21st Century, Casemate Publishers, Sep 2021.Shepherd, L and Clapman, W, 'Lessons from Westerose:  Gender and power in Game of Thrones', Politics, Vol 3, Iss 1, 2017. Drezner, D, Theories of International Politics and Zombies, Princeton University Press 2014.Australian Red Cross, Who is Game of Thrones' worst war criminal? 

A court's heard how a mum from Deal crashed her car with her eight year-old daughter inside - the morning after drinking at a Christmas party. Lauren Sanders was arrested after colliding with another car last month. Our reporter talks us through the story. Also in today's podcast, there's more reaction to Levelling Up cash that's coming to Kent. Sheerness is getting £20 million to transform the Beachfields area with a gym, cafe and soft play centre. Hear from the area's MP, Gorden Henderson, who is hoping it will boost employment levels with more jobs also coming to the island. The head teacher of a Kent school that's received its first ever 'good' rating says it's a testament to the incredible staff working there. Richmond Academy in Sheerness has been praised by Ofsted inspectors after turning its fortunes around. We speak to Helen Evemy, who has been in charge for the past six years. And in football, Gillingham will be looking to make it back-to-back wins in League Two this weekend. Hear the thoughts of the Gills boss ahead of their trip to Colchester.    

Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to one of our regular contributors to the podcast, Professor Dale Stephens and combines two of his specialised areas of expertise: space law and international humanitarian law.  How might this be possible you might ask? Well, as part of our special holiday series episodes, we are going to turn our minds to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and talk about war crimes committed in Star Wars. Take the Australian Red Cross Star Wars Quiz here!Additional Resources:Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations

In this episode of our special entertainment and the law series, Law and Future of War Senior Research Fellow, Dr Eve Massingham discusses the obligation to ensure respect with IHL with her colleague Dr Lauren Sanders. Eve talks about her recent papers detailing how governments should wield their influence over the entertainment industry for good: and to enhance understanding and respect for IHL.Additional resources:Massingham, Eve (2021). Entertainment and the laws of war: The role of States in their interactions with the entertainment industry in order to ensure respect for international humanitarian law. Media and Arts Law Review, 24, 130-147.Massingham, Eve and McConnachie, Annabel eds. (2020). Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law  (London, United Kingdom: Routledge), particularly chapters 3 and 5 by Sarah McCosker and Catherine Drummond respectively.Massinghman, Eve. (2022) Hollywood and the Laws of War, Articles of War Blog, The Lieber Institute, Westpoint. Theaters of War (May 5, 2022). Law and Future of War Podcast, Theatres of War - Seb Kemph (Dec 2022)Dale Stephens, ‘International Humanitarian Law in a galaxy far, far away' (Australian Red Cross).Shiri Krebs, ‘The Effects of Visual Evidence on the Application of International Humanitarian Law: A behavioural approach' (2021). 

This is the first episode in our special series on entertainment and the law of war.In this episode, Dr Sebastian Kaempf, a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, joins Dr Lauren Sanders to discuss. his documentary: and the documents he's uncovered from the US CIA and military Entertainment Liaison Offices as part of this project.   Dr Sebastian Kaempf is a Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the School of Political Science and International Studies, at the University of Queensland. Sebastian received his PhD at Aberystwyth University in the UK, at the Department of International Politics. He also holds a BSc and MSc (Econ) in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Among his awards is the ISA Deborah Gerner Award for Teaching Innovation in 2020. His work at UQ includes producing and convening 'MediaWarX', one of UQ's Massive Open Online Courses. Sebastian also hosts a podcast with his colleague Associate Professor Al Stark, where they interview some of the best teachers about their practical advice on engaging university students in the classroom. You can listen to 'Higher Ed Heroes' here on Buzzsprout.  Additional Resources:‘Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA took Hollywood' is a feature-length film documentary, produced and directed by Roger Stahl, Tom Secker, Matthew Alford and Sebastian Kaempf, funded and released through the Media Education Foundation in May 2022.  Tom Secker and Matthew Alford, ‘New Evidence for the Surprisingly Significant Propaganda Role of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense in the Screen Entertainment Industry' (2019) 45(3) Critical Sociology 347. Tom Secker and Matthew Alford, ‘Why are the Pentagon and the CIA in Hollywood?' (2017) 76(2) The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 381. James Der Derian, Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-industrial-media-entertainment Network (Routledge, 2nd ed, 2009)

In this final episode of our series on accountability in Ukraine, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Associate Professor Danielle Ireland-Piper and Dr Melinda Rankin about universal jurisdiction and how it may play a part in the prosecution of war crimes occurring in the Ukraine conflict. Danielle is an Associate Professor at the ANU National Security College and an Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor at Bond University. She is the author of “Extraterritoriality in East Asia” and “Accountability in Extraterritoriality (both published with Edward Elgar). Danielle's research is primarily concerned with the intersection between domestic and international law on questions of jurisdiction. She also teaches and researches across a number of disciplines, including national security, space law, laws of armed conflict, human rights, and constitutional law.Melinda  works for a consultancy group and is also Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Queensland where she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She was and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Constitutionalism, at the Social Science Centre Berlin, WZB. She is the author of De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era: With My Own Eyes and The Political Life of Mary Kaldor: Ideas and Action in International Relations. Her current research programs include 'Conceptualising De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era', and ‘The Nuremberg Effect,' investigating how non-state actors and state legal officials in foreign courts exercising UJ pursue accountability.  Additional resources:Danielle Ireland-Piper: Extraterritoriality in East Asia: Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction in China, Japan, and South Korea , 2021; and Accountability in Extraterritoriality: A Comparative and International Law Perspective , 2017.Melinda Rankin: De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era: With My Own Eyes 2022; and The Political Life of Mary Kaldor: Ideas and Action in International Relations. Máximo Langer, Mackenzie Eason, The Quiet Expansion of Universal Jurisdiction, EJIL, Volume 30, Issue 3, August 2019, Pages 779–817Alejandro Chehtman, The Philosophical Foundations of Extraterritorial Punishment, OUP Cedric Ryngaert's work on UJTime magazine, War Crimes and Challenges in UkraineNYT, Souleymane Guengueng: Send Habre to Belgium For Trial Open Democracy, Interview with Juan Garcés EuroJust and the ICC GuidelinesSyria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad

On 25 Aug 2022, the US Department of Defense released its Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Plan, which has been created, in part as a result of the public scrutiny on civilian casualty incidents following the Iraq campaign. In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Marc Garlasco, who has been intimately involved with this issue, having been engaged in stakeholder engagement with the US DoD during their development of this plan when it was announced on 27 Jan 2022. Marc has a long history of observing and reporting on civilian casualty incidents, using his understanding of the process garnered from his time as a  a US intelligence analyst.  He has served with HRW, as a senior civilian protection officer for United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA);  and as the U.N. senior military advisor for the Human Rights Council's (HRC) Independent Commission of Inquiry on Libya, where he investigated civilian casualties while leading a survey of NATO's activities in Libya. He has worked with CNA on civilian harm mitigation, and co-hosts his own podcast, Civilian Protection with CIVIC.He has been engaged in this Action Plan through his work with the NGO PAX since 2021 and will be talking to us today about the history of this Action Plan and his views on what it might do to address the causal issues identified across the numerous projects that have been analysing the contributing factors that result in civilian casualties.Edited by Rosie Cavdarski.Additional ResourcesMarco Garlasco, ‘Defense Department Finally Prioritizes Civilians in Conflict,' Lawfare Blog (29 August 2022)  Dan E. Stigall, Anna Williams, ‘An Improved Approach to Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response' Articles of War Blog (Lieber Institute, Westpoint) (25 August 2022) RAND, U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Casualty Policies and Procedures An Independent Assessment (2022) See CivIC's Report ‘In Search of Answers: U.S. Military Investigations and Civilian Harm' (2020)  and other publications on their website.Listen to 'The Civilian Protection Podcast' - PAXApplying the DoD Policy on Civilian Harm to Protection of Civilians in Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) , NGO Recommendations for DoD Policy on Civilian Harm - InterAction

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Professor Christiane Wilke about the problem with accountability following civilian casualty incidents, and the impact of cultural and racial frames in imagining what has occurred on the ground. Professor Christiane Wilke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal  Studies at Carleton University, Canada.  She researches how Western militaries and human rights organizations produce knowledge about and legal analyses of armed conflicts, looking at the recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. In particular, she works with visual and cultural assessments of civilian casualties from airstrikes and how their assessments are shaped by imperial imaginaries about race and space. Drawing on Third World Approaches to International Law and critical law & technology scholarship, she ask how international law understands, regulates, and privileges technologically enhanced warfare.Additional resources:Christiane Wilke: Legal Tragedies: US Military Reporting of Civilian Casualties of Airstrikes, Forthcoming in: Alexandra Moore and James Dawes (editors), Technologies of Human Right Representation (SUNY Press, 2022)Christiane Wilke and Mohd Khalid Naseemi, ‘Counting Conflict: Quantifying Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan,' Forthcoming in: Humanity Journal (Summer 2022). Christiane Wilke, ‘The Optics of War: Seeing Civilians, Enacting Distinctions, and Visual Crises in International Law' in Sheryl Hamilton et al (eds), Sensing Law (Routledge, 2017).  Learn more about Azmat Khan's work at her website and read her Pulitzer Prize winning report on The Civilian Casualty Files in The New York Times. Learn more about Air Wars on their website. Learn more about Pax for Peace on their website. Learn more about CIVIC on their website.Learn more about the members of Wilke's civilian casualty collective: Thomas Gregory, Helen Kinsella, Craig Jones and Nisha Shah. 

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In this episode Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Associate Professor Shiri Krebs about cognitive biases inherent in targeting operations and what that means for compliance with the laws of armed conflict. The increased reliance on intelligence feeds from various remote sensors, and the fusion of these sensor feeds to make targeting decisions provides opportunity to entrench cultural and cognitive biases in armed conflict. Equally, the labels and interpretations ascribed to these sensor feeds impact the after action reviews, or fact finding or investigative processes that follow an engagement that results in civilian casualties. There have been many studies undertaken that demonstrate that data coming from machines is changes when it is interpreted by humans, and interpreted from that human's cognitive and cultural frame, but what is the impact of this kind of bias in the context of targeting operations and compliance with LOAC? Shiri is an Associate Professor T Deakin University's Law Faculty, as well as the Co-lead of the Law and Policy Theme in the Australian Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC).  In 2022 she was elected Chair of the Lieber Society on the Laws of Armed Conflict Chair (with the American Society of International Law), and she is an affiliated scholar at Stanford University's Centre for International Security and cooperation (CISAC). Associate Professor Krebs has written and published broadly on algorithmic bias and drone data vulnerabilities, data privacy, and human-machine interaction in technology-assisted legal decision-making, at the intersection of law, science and technology. She teaches the outcomes of her work in many fora – including to governments and militaries; and her paper, “The Effects of Visual Evidence on the Application of International Humanitarian Law: A behavioural approach”, was awarded the 2021 David D. Caron Prize, awarded by the American Society of International Law.Special thanks to Rosie Cavdarski for editing.Additional resources:Shiri Krebs, ‘Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL' (2022) 82(2) Heidelberg Journal of International Law (forthcoming August 2022). Shiri Krebs, ‘Predictive Technologies and Opaque Epistemology in Counter-Terrorism Decision-Making' in 9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law (Kim Lane Scheppele and Arianna Vedaschi, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2021), 199-221.Shiri Krebs, ‘The Invisible Frames Affecting Wartime Investigations: Legal Epistemology, Metaphors, and Cognitive Biases' in International Law's Invisible Frames (Andrea Bianchi and Moshe Hirsch, eds., Oxford University Press, 2021), 124-140. ( recently shortlisted for the Australian Legal Research Awards (Article/Chapter (ECR) Category)).Gavin Sullivan, 'Law, technology and data-driven security: infra-legalities as method assemblage, Journal of Law and Society, 2022Fleur Johns - Data detection and the redistribution of the sensible in international law, 2017Donna Haraway, 'Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Question of Partial Perspective, Feminist Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Autumn, 1988), pp. 575-599.Harvard Implicit Bias Test:

In this episode Dr Lauren Sanders will be speaking with Dr Marta Bo about her work analysing how individuals can be held to account for the potential misuse of LAWS; and how ICL can be used as a method to regulate the use of LAWS.Dr Marta Bo is a  researcher at the Asser Institute and the Graduate Institute for International and Development studies (Geneva).  She is currently researching on criminal responsibility for war crimes committed with autonomous weapon systems (LAWS and War Crimes Project); AI and criminal responsibility; automation biases and mens rea for crimes committed with autonomous or automated systems; disarmament and criminalisation. She has published on international and transnational criminal law, artificial intelligence and criminal responsibility, autonomous weapons. Marta is also associate senior researcher at SIPRI.Additional Resources:SIPRI Emerging Military and Security Technologies Research

"In the book of 2Cor. 9:8 we read where the Apostle Paul discusses how are we are so greatly benefited by a loving, caring and gracious GOD over HIS children. What many of us believers may lack clarity in is the mutuality of our relationship with GOD! We make so many requests to GOD for one thing seemingly after another! Yet, have we even considered the possibility that GOD is making requests of us to HIM!? Who would want to be in a loving relationship when only one is the one doing all the giving. But, let it be made known that when we give GOD our very best HE blesses us more than we can ever imagine! My special guest is Motivational Speaker. Academic/Career/Relationship Counselor. Consultant. and Fundraising Director WOG Lauren Sanders." Call (646) 564-9839 to join us on July 10, 2022 (Sun) @ 2pm PST/ 4pm CST/ 5pm EST. Or go to my Ron E. Jefferson (FB) Page for the program link. *Hosted and produced by Ron E. Jefferson (FB) ronaldjefferson1@aol.com *TWITTER - ronejefferson60 *Instagram - ronaldjefferson1 * I-Heart Radio * I-Tunes * Spotify *Cash App. ~ $RonEfire60 * NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED! * ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ARTIST'S RESPECTIVE LABEL! * FOR PROMOTIONAL and ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY! * I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Dustin Lewis, of Harvard Law School's Project on International Law and Armed Conflict about war algorithms and his recent project on pathways for using AI, and how to ensure greater respect for international law when states use these algorithmic capabilities. Dustin is the Research Director  at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC). With a focus on public international law sources and methods, Dustin leads research into several wide-ranging contemporary challenges related to securing peace, protecting civilians, regulating hostilities, safeguarding the environment, and ending armed conflicts.Additional Resources:PILAC - Three Pathways to Secure Greater Respect for International Law Concerning War Algorithms SIPRI - Emerging Military and Security Technologies Project ASSER Institute - Designing International Law and Ethics into Military Artificial Intelligence (DILEMA)  Geneva Institute - Lethal Autonomous Weapons and War Crimes ProjectAutoNorms - Weaponised AI, Norms and OrderICRC Background Papers on LAWS: ICRC Position on Autonomous Weapons Suchman - Human-Machine Reconfigurations (CUP, 2012)

This CoveTalk discussed the intelligence, strategic, and international law implications relating to the 'greyzone' and cyber operations. In partnership with the University of Queensland and Future of Law team, the discussion was livestreamed here on The Cove on 23 May 2022, it is now available as a bonus episode! Hear from an expert panel chaired by Doctor Lauren Sanders and featuring: Associate Professor Andrew Phillips, Colonel Penny Saultry, and Katherine Mansted.

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Professor Hitoshi Nasu, from the Lieber Institute at West Point about artificial intelligence and its potential use in targeting operations. Although a well traversed topic, it is one that is not often viewed from the perspective of the benefits of how AI technology can aid in decision-making during military actions.  Professor Nasu also talks about the CCW GGE on LAWS and what direction he thinks regulation of autonomous weapons can realistically take. For detailed analysis of the lawfulness of autonomous drones in recent conflicts, see:Hitoshi Nasu - Hunter 2-S Swarming Attack Drones: Legal & Ethical Dimensions, Articles of War BlogHitoshi Nasu - The Kargu-2 Autonomous Attack Drone: Legal & Ethical Dimensions, Articles of War BlogInternational Law Studies Journal 

Dr Craig Jones speaks to Dr Lauren Sanders about his book: War Lawyers, to discuss how some militaries provide legal advice during targeting operations. They talk about the history of operations law, & how this advice is dispensed as well as talking about some challenges & issues with this current model of lawyering. Dr Craig Jones is the author of The War Lawyers & a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, & Politics at Newcastle University.  His research focuses on war and (para)military violence, conflict medicine & forced displacement, the geographies of international law & the contemporary Middle East and North Africa.The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare  examines the involvement of military lawyers in aerial targeting operations carried out by the US military in Iraq & Afghanistan, & the Israeli military in Gaza & the West Bank. It draws on several years of fieldwork & over 50 interviews with US and Israeli military lawyers. It argues that international law has become part of the very fabric of later modern war and that US and Israeli military lawyers play a surprisingly crucial role in planning & executing a wide range of lethal & non-lethal military operations.Craig also researches access to treatment for the sick and injured in a region where medical & healthcare infrastructures have been destroyed (often deliberately) by military and paramilitary violence. It focuses on three  conflicts in the Middle East - Gaza, Syria & Iraq - & traces the systems of casualty evacuation and medical care that have emerged within & across borders in the region. Additional resources: Craig Jones - The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare , (November 2020) OUPUS Army - Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations into the My Lai Incident (14 Mar 1970) Samuel Moyne - Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (July 2021) MacMillanAzmat Khan, Sarak Almukhtar and Rachel Shorey - The Civilian Casualty Files (18 Dec 2021) The New York TimesEric Liddick, No Legal Objection, Per Se (21 April 2021) War on the RocksMichael Barbaro and Azmat Khan, The Civilian Casualties of America's Air Wars (18 Jan 2022) The New York Time The Daily PodcastChristiane Wilke - Implicated Violence: Socio-legal Approaches to International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law (Forthcoming, Jan 2022) London Review of International LawNeve Gordon and Nicola Perugini - Human Shields (August 2020) UC PressNoura Erakat - Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (2019) Stanford University PressBoyd Van Dijk - Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions (2022) OUPSamuel Moyne - Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast&l

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Group Captain Jo Brick about the role of wargaming and technology in professional military education, and how computer games can be used to train military professionals in ethics and law. Spoiler alert: they talk about Chidi from ‘The Good Place' and the trolly problem, to highlight how the practical application of ethics is critical to creating good military decision makers.  They traverse some of the challenges that technology creates in terms of desensitisation to violence, and the moral and ethical problems faced by people who conduct warfare by distance – such as drone operators - and how training and education can bridge that gap.Group Captain Brick is a Legal Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force and currently the Chief of Staff at the Australian Defence College, Canberra.  In addition to multiple operational deployments, she has previously been appointed as the Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Force, and Legal Advisor to the Chief of Air Force, editor of The Strategy Bridge and The Central Blue, and is a Non-Resident Fellow of the Krulak Center, United States Marine Corps.Further reading:‘Kill the enemy, and don't forget to buy milk on the way home – preparing for the ethical challenges of remote operations in ‘Forever Wars', on The Forge Remote Warfare and the Erosion of the Military Profession | Joint Air Power Competence Centre (japcc.org)Reaper Force – Inside Britain's Drone Wars, Peter Lee (Allen & Unwin, 2019)#BruteCast podcast: Military Ethics and Wargaming, Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare 

This panel, hosted by the UQ School of Political Science and International  Studies addresses critical legal, political and international relations issues associated with the Ukraine war.  Russia's declaration of war on Ukraine marks a watershed and raises significant questions.Recorded on Tuesday 8 March, this panel canvasses issues relating to the lawfulness of the invasion, IHL and broader IL implications, strategy and politics surrounding the invasion, and the implications for China.  Hosted by Professor Sebastian Kaempf, the panel consists of the following UQ experts:Dr Sarah Teitt (POLSIS)Professor Chris Reus-Smit (POLSIS)Dr Lauren Sanders (TC Beirne School of Law)Associate Professor Andrew Phillips (POLSIS)The video of this event (including Q and A) is available here: https://polsis.uq.edu.au/event/session/7139See below a similar podcast by Dr Eve Massingham, with The Lowy Institute's Rules Based Audio podcast: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/rules-based-audio-ukraine-and-future-rules-based-order

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks to Paul Lushenko, to discuss the broader implications of drone strikes in terms of politics and strategy, moral legitimacy of states' use of drone warfare, and his new book, Drones and the Global Order, published in December 2021.  Paul is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster Scholar at Cornell University, where he is pursuing a PhD in International Relations. After commissioning as a Military Intelligence Officer in 2005 from the United States Military Academy, he studied at The Australian National University as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and the U.S. Naval War College. He is also a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member and Adjunct Research Lecturer for the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University.Additional resources:Lushenko, Bose, Maley eds - Drone and the Global Order- Implications for Remote Warfare for International Society, published Dec 2021Lisa Parks  et al- Life in the Age of Drone Warfare, published 2017 Sarah Kreps - Drones :What Everyone needs to know, published 2016Sarah Kreps and John Kagg  - Drone Warfare , published 2014Jodok Troy et al - Transformation of Targeted Killing in International Order, published 2020Journal of Conflict ResolutionJournal of Research & PoliticsNew York Times - Transcript of Obama's Speech on Drone Policy, 2013

In this episode, Professor Ed Santow,  speaks to Dr Lauren Sanders about the regulation of facial recognition technology in Australian and the UTS Facial Recognition Model Law Project, that will propose a way to rectify the current gaps in regulation of this technology in Australia that makes it prone to misuse. Edward Santow is Industry Professor - Responsible Technology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Ed leads UTS's new initiative on building Australia's capability on ethical artificial intelligence. From 2016-2021, Ed was Australia's Human Rights Commissioner; he is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and serves on a number of boards and committees. In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017, he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Ed previously served as chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and was a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice. Additional resources:Australian Human Rights Commission - Human Rights and Technology Report, Chapter 9: Biometric surveillance, facial recognition and privacy, published 2021 Kate Crawford - The Atlas of AI, published 2021The Biometrics InstituteShoshanna Zuboff  - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, published 2019Virginia Eubanks - Automating Inequality, published 2018OAIC - Clearview AI breached Australians' privacy,  3 November 2021OAIC - OIAC Finds Against 7-eleven over Facial Recognition, 14 October 2021 

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders interviews Professor John Blaxland – one of Australia's most renowned military strategy writers and historians – to talk about the current geopolitical landscape as it applies to Australia, reflecting on the trends from our recent past; and talk briefly about how drones and associated technologies may impact the future global order.  They canvas a geostrategic SWOT analysis for 2022; drones and the global order;  the tasks that the ADF may face in light of the current geopolitical landscape; and consider how to balance increasing task pressures upon the ADF.Professor Blaxland is a Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies and former Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, and has extensively intelligence experience in operations and in strategic settings as an ADF military intelligence officer; and as an academic and historian. His long list of written works include as the principle author of ASIO's official history, and recently, on US-Thai relations, and Australia's contributions to the Korean, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as contributing to the 2021 book, Drones and Global Order. John is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, a member of the Australian Army Journal editorial board, and the first Australian recipient of a US Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative grant. Additional resources:Drones and the Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society (Routledge, 2021);The US-Thai Alliance and Asian International Relations: History, Memory and Future Developments (Routledge, 2021); Niche Wars: Australia in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001 to 2014 (ANU Press, 2020); In from the Cold: Reflections on Australia's Korean War, 1950-1953 (ANU Press, 2020); A Geostrategic SWOT Analysis for Australia (SDSC, 2019).

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders talks with Damian Copeland about one of the most important legal issues raised by autonomous weapons: how states might carry out weapons reviews of these technologies. The application of this obligation to autonomous weapons will have several challenges. Where a device has the capacity for self-learning, will one single review suffice? Will States be able to take on trust reviews carried out by weapons developers? Damian Copeland is a part-time Senior Research Fellow with the UQ Law and Future of War Project. He is also a serving member of the Australian Defence Force and a Director at International Weapons Review, an Incorporated Legal Practice specialising in the legal review of new technology weapons. Further reading:ICRC - A Guide to the Review of New Weapons, Methods and Means of Warfare, updated 2020Tim McFarland - The status of autonomous weapon systems under international humanitarian law, published 2017Natalia Jevglevskaja - International Law and Weapons Review,  published 22 Jan 2022Dustin Lewis - Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider, published 21 Mar 2019

In today's episode, Dr Lauren Sanders talks with Abby Zeith and Michael Talhami of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about urban warfare. Focussing on the impacts of conflict upon urban populations, they look at some of the issues that have arisen in terms of IHL compliance in and around urban centres as a result of technology. They also speak about the current initiatives being undertaken to mitigate harm to civilians as a result of urban conflict.  Abby Zeith is a Legal Adviser in the ICRC's Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit in Geneva. Her work focuses on urban warfare and the application of the rules governing the conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law more generally.Michael Talhami is an Urban Services Advisor in the Water and Habitat at the ICRC. He focuses on urban policy formation that helps guide humanitarian programming in support of helping service providers to ensure operational continuity in service provision (water, wastewater, and energy). Michael was previously the ICRC's Regional Water and Habitat Advisor to the Near and Middle East, and has held consultancies with GIZ and the UNDP in the Middle East, and several international advisory firms, following a career as an environmental engineer. Further reading:ICRC Handbook, Reducing Civilian Harm in Urban Warfare: A Commander's Handbook, 2021ICRC Report, Urban Services During Protracted Armed Conflict, 2015World Bank, ICRC and UNICEF Report, Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises, 2021ICRC Report, I saw my city die: Voices from the front lines of urban conflict in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, 2017ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog, Urban Warfare Special Series, 2020ICRC Report, IHL and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts, 2019 To be released: ICRC Report on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: A Deadly Choice Professor Anthony King, Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century, 2021, Wiley & SonsICRC Law and Policy Blog, Engaging with the industry: integrating IHL into new technologies in urban warfare, 2021Note: For more information on the Safe Schools Declaration and the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict visit here. As at time of podcast publication, 112 States have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration (vice 111 at time of recording).

Alongside the urbanization of armed conflict lies a second trend: the increase in the use of technology to augment methods of warfare. Although some may claim that the integration of technological solutions – such as increasing the precision of munitions or reliance upon enhanced data and surveillance collection and analysis tools – can reduce civilian harm, contemporary urban conflict demonstrates that more should be done to ensure that new weapons technologies incorporate additional measures to minimize civilian harm when deployed in urban environments. In this post, part of a special series on urban warfare, Damian Copeland and Lauren Sanders, both senior research fellows at the University of Queensland Law and Future of War Project, propose that enhancing existing IHL obligations in reviewing weapons, means and methods of warfare, by adopting a cooperative approach between industry and States, promises to help bridge this gap. The result is both business efficiency in the design and development of new technology, but more importantly – harmonization and increased compliance with IHL for new technologies likely to be fielded during urban warfare.

No shame in this game! Brigette and Lauren (Creator of the best selling "I AM" journal) discuss affirmations, intentional writing, stepping into your purpose and why it all matters on this beautiful episode of the podcast. Find Lauren at: https://thinkandinkco.com or on Instagram: @theiamjournal After becoming a mom, Lauren Sanders discovered she needed a way to carve out time for herself every day in order to feel happier and make her dreams a reality. So she returned to her first love of writing and began to journal every morning and evening. Lauren created a powerful set of daily journaling prompts that helped her develop a more positive mindset that allowed her to make the Law of Attraction work for her. Those journaling prompts became a bestselling Law of Attraction journal, The I AM Journal. Today she helps thousands of people around the world to feel happier and make their biggest desires their reality. When Lauren isn't helping other people bring the power of the Law of Attraction into their lives, she is a mother to three -- soon to be four -- amazing children and a wife to an incredible husband who shares her passion for pursuing big dreams too.

In this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Dr Lauren Sanders about the practical application of one of the most interesting legal obligations of international humanitarian law: the obligation to take precautions in attack. This obligation requires attackers to take “all feasible precautions” to minimise incidental loss and harm to civilian life – but what it means in practice can be hard to understand. When is a precaution feasible? How does this obligation sit alongside the permissive character of military necessity?Dr Lauren Sanders is a Senior Research Fellow at the UQ School of Law, and she researches the legal constraints on the arms trade in military technology, as well as international criminal law, IHL, and counter-terrorism law. Before returning to UQ, Lauren spent twenty years as an Australian Army signals officer and legal officer, and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor and on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, and has been a legal advisor to ADF domestic counter-terrorism operations. She is appearing on the show in her personal capacity, and the views she expresses do not reflect the official positions of the Australian Defence Force or Department of Defence. Further reading:Laurent Gisel, Ken Hume, Pilar Gimeno Sarciada and Abby Zeith, 'Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need to new solutions', Humanitarian Law & Policy  (27 April 2021).The Modern War Institute at West PointMichael Schmitt, 'Targeting Dual-Use Structures: An Alternative Interpretation', Articles of War (28 June 2021)Joshua Andresen, 'The Paradox of Precision and the Weapons Review Regime' (10 March 2019)Airwars

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders talks with Dr Joshua Andresen about drones and aerial strikes, exploring whether they make armed conflict safer for civilians. Some claim that by allowing for the more precise use of force, drone strikes cause less harm to nearby civilian populations. Conversely, some point to the impact that making force more accessible in urban areas actually increases the likelihood that force will be used in and around civilians. Lauren and Joshua also consider whether IHL needs to adapt for the use of these technologies. Dr Joshua Andresen is a Reader in National Security and Foreign Relations Law at the University of Surrey who has written extensively on the problems posed by the use of drone strikes in armed conflict and their regulation.  His research focuses on the legal regulation of armed conflict in light of advanced weapons technology and the predominance of non-international armed conflicts. He has held positions as a senior policy advisor in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, and has worked at the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as well as Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut. Further reading:Joshua Andresen ‘Putting Lethal Force on the Table: How Drones Change the Alternative Space of War and Counterterrorism' (2017) 8(2) Harvard National Security Journal 426-472. Joshua Andresen, ‘Due Process of War in the Age of Drones',  (2016) 41(1) Yale Journal of International Law 155-188. Joshua Andresen 'The Paradox of Precision and the Weapons Review Regime',  The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence (2020). John E. Jackson (ed) One Nation under Drones: Legality, Morality, and Utility of Unmanned Combat Systems (2018: Naval Institute Press.)Jason Lyall, Bombing to Lose? Airpower, Civilian Casualties, and the Dynamics of Violence in Counterinsurgency Wars (2017). Chris Kolenda and Chris Rogers, The Strategic Costs of Civilian Harm: Applying Lessons from Afghanistan to Current and Future Conflicts, (2016: The Open Society Foundation). 

In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders talks with Professor Ryan Abbott about the legal standards and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into current legal regimes.  They discuss his recent book, The Reasonable Robot, which traverses different areas of law and how they treat AI – whether incentivising or disincentivising technological development in AI – and what his theory of legal neutrality for artificial intelligence in law is and how it could work.  They also cover his recent case in the Australian Federal Court dealing with recognition of AI as an inventor in patent applications. Professor Abbott  is a Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Surrey and is highly regarded for his scholarship, teaching, and professional activities. He has published widely on issues associated with law and technology, health law, and intellectual property in leading legal, medical, and scientific books and journals. Professor Abbott has worked as a partner in legal practice, and he has been outside general counsel to life science companies. He has served as a consultant or expert for international organizations, academic institutions and non-profit enterprises including the United Kingdom Parliament, European Commission, World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Professor Abbott is a licensed physician, attorney, and acupuncturist in the United States, as well as a solicitor advocate in England and Wales and has also worked as an expert witness which has included testifying in U.S. federal court.Further reading: Ryan Abbott, The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law, (2020: Cambridge University Press) Alexandra Jones, 'Artificial intelligence can now be recognised as an inventor after historic Australian court decision', ABC News Online (1 August 2021) Ryan Calo, A. Michael Froomkin, and Ian Kerr (eds), Robot Law, (2016: Edward Elgar)Jacob Turner, Robot Rules - Regulating Artificial Intelligence, (2019: Palgrave) Simon Chesterman, We, the Robots?: Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law, (2021: Cambridge University Press).

Lauren Sanders delivered her sermon, “Trauma-informed Theology: Man hu (What is it?),” on Sunday, August 1, at Second.

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This week's guest is Lauren Sanders. Lauren coaches ambitious, heart-driven business owners and entrepreneurs to align with and make $20k+ / month. At the age of 28, she left her career as a high school art teacher for a life of entrepreneurship, and she's built two full-time businesses by implementing mindset, marketing, & manifestation strategies that actually work. Her experience and success has allowed her to coach business owners all over the world into full-time entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, she's quadrupled her income as a teacher and lives a life of travel, freedom and passion. She is lit up when providing ambitious business owners with the tools they need to manifest the success and lives they truly desire. Connect with Lauren www.laurencsaunders.com Music Credits: HNGVR - Touch Me https://hngvr.bandcamp.com/ Join the Inspiration Contagion movement: Subscribe to Inspiration Contagion on your favorite podcast player and share it. Reach out to your host, Holly at https://hollyjeanjackson.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyjjackson/ email at holly@hollyjeanjackson.com Get your copy of the book: https://www.amazon.com/Inspiration-Contagion-Health-Secrets-Success/dp/1954047444/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RU20QS7LLPCO&keywords=inspiration+contagion&qid=1680782585&sprefix=inspiration+contagion%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1

This week's guest is Lauren Sanders. Lauren coaches ambitious, heart-driven business owners and entrepreneurs to align with and make $20k+ / month. At the age of 28, she left her career as a high school art teacher for a life of entrepreneurship, and she's built two full-time businesses by implementing mindset, marketing, & manifestation strategies that actually work.  Her experience and success has allowed her to coach business owners all over the world into full-time entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, she's quadrupled her income as a teacher and lives a life of travel, freedom and passion. She is lit up when providing ambitious business owners with the tools they need to manifest the success and lives they truly desire. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/l6j6J2rLxm0 (https://youtu.be/l6j6J2rLxm0) Free Gift: https://laurencsaunders.lpages.co/freebie-funnel-pdf/ (Quickly Grow a Facebook Group & Email List with a Simple Funnel) Find Lauren: http://www.laurencsaunders.com/ (www.laurencsaunders.com) Music Credits: HNGVR - Touch Me https://hngvr.bandcamp.com/ (https://hngvr.bandcamp.com/) Support this podcast

Rev. Paul Rock delivered this sermon on Sunday, March 7, 2021, for Second Presbyterian Church. This sermon is included as part of our "Rooted" Lenten series and features a conversation with Lauren Sanders.

Lauren Sanders is the manager of the office of the CEO at Clio, a practice management software platform. I'm a proud client and advocate of their product and have been very happy with them. We're going to talk about the upcoming Clio Cloud Conference coming up in October. Whether you're a Clio user or not, you will get tons of value from attending the conference or even listening to this interview. Resources: https://cliocloudconference.com/ (Cliocloudconference.com) Twitter: https://twitter.com/xenophiler (@xenophiler) If you've enjoyed the podcast, http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1086406592 (please head to Apple Podcasts and leave a rating & review for the show)! It only takes a moment, and really helps me to reach new listeners. You can also http://www.thelawentrepreneur.com (head to the website at TheLawEntrepreneur.com) for more information on the podcast and my legal services. -- Thank you to our sponsors! http://callruby.com/lawentrepreneur (Ruby Receptionist) - Virtual receptionist & live call services that will help you grow your office (and save money), one call at a time - to learn more, go to http://callruby.com/lawentrepreneur (callruby.com/lawentrepreneur) or call 844.895.7829 https://confirm.spotlightbranding.com/tle/ (Spotlight Branding) - A legal marketing company that works with solo and small law firms to increase referrals. Go to https://confirm.spotlightbranding.com/tle/ (spotlightbranding.com/TLE) for a better way to market your law practice.  The Law Entrepreneur is a production of http://crate.media (Crate Media)

Joining me on this episode is Lauren Sanders, Manager of the Office of the CEO at Clio, a legal practice management and client intake software that allows lawyers to work more efficiently. Just at the beginning of this month (after I recorded this episode with Lauren), Clio announced that they just raised $250 million in Series D funding. Lauren and I speak about Clio's executive team and their annual user conference, Clio Cloud.   Lauren Sanders is the Manager of the Office of the CEO at Clio. Lauren specializes in transforming CEO Jack Newton's ambitious ideas into reality. Servicing the interests of the entire organization and delivering an exceptional customer experience, Lauren's most important project is leading all aspects of event production and company-wide collaboration for the Clio Cloud Conference. In 2018, the Clio Cloud Conference celebrated a Net Promoter Score of 74 and is widely considered the foremost event for leaders and entrepreneurs in the legal profession. Since it's inception in 2013, Lauren and her team have grown this annual event from 200 attendees to more than 2000 in 2019.   Listen Now on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play!   Connect with Lauren Sanders Online

Welcome to the future. This year, the Emerging Writers’ Festival invites you to speculate with us - to consider the possibilities of the future and the consequences of today. We spoke to one of our favourite future visionaries Timmah Ball about the future of our cities and environments, and the place storytelling plays in the construction and actualisation of these realities. We were also interested in what visions of the future the EWF family has, and so we asked, “Can you tell me about the future? What does it look like there?” === Featuring: Timmah Ball, Darlene Silva Soberano, Latifa Elmrini, Lauren Sanders, Manisha Anjali and Tamsien West Produced by: Lindsey Green === See the full EWF19 Program here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/events/fe…val/2019/ See Timmah's bio here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/ewf…-podcast/

Today is a SPECIAL EPISODE because it’s the first podcast episode ever with a guest!! You get to hear a conversation with myself and Lauren Sanders the creator of The I Am Journal, which is a manifestation journal that is focused on repetition and BIG vision. In this episode, you’ll learn: The TOP limiting beliefs that stop, or slow down, the manifestation process, such as lack of belief, knowledge of how-to, or preparation How to recognize those thoughts/beliefs in order to re-direct them The 4 step manifestation process that will make it easy to FLOW with the manifestation process, believe in yourself, and get sh*! done Join my on this first EVER guest episode! I hope you enjoy! You can find link to the course we talk about here: http://www.happyrichhippie.com/mindfulmanifestation Please share, subscribe, rate, and leave a review. This allows other people to get value out of this podcast AND enters you into this week’s giveaway!!

Welcome back to Seek The Joy Podcast and happy #SeekTheJoy Tuesday! Today we’re taking it all the way back to Episode 12 of the podcast with Lauren Sanders, the creator of The I Am Journal. The I Am Journal is a beautiful manifestation journal that helps you transform your thoughts, raise your vibrational energy, deepen your spiritual journey, reprogram your subconscious mind and manifest with ease. So much has shifted and changed since this episode originally aired on December 26, 2017 - and it’s really wonderful to be able to sit down and re-listen to this episode and hear how much I’ve grown, how much we’ve grown as a show, since that time. I decided to re-air this episode with Lauren for a couple of reasons - and I share those reasons with you in today's episode.  I am so excited and grateful (insert heart eyes here) to introduce (or re-introduce!) you all to Lauren and The I Am Journal, her journey creating the journal and the inspiration behind it, and the role manifestation has played in her life. Lauren breaks down the connection between manifestation and joy, acting from alignment, and the power of the words we put after our "I Am." Plus, Lauren shares with us her journaling practice, the role of gratitude in her life, we open up about our spiritual journeys, and SO much more!  For more information on this week's episode, visit www.seekthejoypodcast.com/show-notes To learn more about Lauren, The I Am Journal, and get your copy you can visit her website https://thinkandinkco.com or on Amazon here and you can find Lauren on Instagram @TheIAMJournal and on Facebook @TheIAmJournal Connect with Seek The Joy and join the conversation! ✨✨ Instagram instagram.com/seekthejoypodcast Facebook fb.me/seekthejoypodcast Twitter twitter.com/seekthejoypod E-mail sydney@seekthejoypodcast.com We have to thank today's sponsor, Dahl Holistic Health! Dahl Holistic Health was started by Amanda and Christopher Dahl after overcoming their own struggle with Lyme Disease. They offer Reiki sessions and classes, Biomagnetic Pair Therapy, and coaching services to bring people to a place of healing and happiness.  Some people want a quiet place to relax and be at peace.  Still, others want guidance with their spiritual path.  Each client has different needs and is given the grace and time to work toward their personal healing goals with gentle guidance. They can work with clients in-person or over the phone, and offer a complimentary call to answer any questions clients may have before scheduling a session. Visit www.dahlholistichealth.com for details of services and scheduling and you can connect with them on Instagram @dahlholistichealth Dahl Holistic Health is happy to offer Seek The Joy listeners 20% off your first appointment. Use code SEEKTHEJOY20 at checkout from now through March 31st!! Rate and Review Seek The Joy! When you do, e-mail a screenshot of your review to sydney@seekthejoypodcast.com and we'll send you our #SeekTheJoy Guide for Infusing More Joy into Your Life and two limited edition Seek The Joy Podcast stickers! We can't wait to send these out to you!  Did you hear, we're on Patreon! Your support of this podcast means the world. Full of rewards and exclusive content, we can't wait to take this joy journey to the next level. Sing up to be a patron of the podcast here: patreon.com/seekthejoypodcast Grab your Seek The Joy bracelet today! These are limited edition and they're going FAST! Check them out here - I can't wait to see you guys rockin your bracelet!  Introducing Joy Corner a new interview-style blog series spotlighting inspiring souls, moments that bring you joy, products we love, and so much more. Join our corner of the internet and check out this week's features. Ready to share your light, magic and joy? Get in touch here to share your joys, passions and moments of inspiration. a new post in this series goes live on our site every Thursday. We are gearing up for the next episode in The Power of Storytelling, which will air on February 19th! To learn more and to submit your story, visit our website https://www.seekthejoypodcast.com/share-your-seekthejoy-story/ and fill out our interest form.

We speak with Lauren Sanders about her new novel The Book of Love and Hate. She is also the author of the novels Kamikaze Lust, which won a Lambda Literary Award, and With or Without You. Her writing has appeared in various publications, including Bookforum, the American Book Review, and Time Out New York. We also talk with Stan Kusunoki – a third generation Japanese American writer – about his new poetry collection, Items in the News. He is also the author of the collection 180 Days: Reflections & Observations of a Teacher. He is a teacher, poet, arts advocate and musician who has received many awards, including a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant.

Welcome back to Seek The Joy Podcast and happy #SeekTheJoy Tuesday! Joining me on today's episode to talk about manifestation, joy, and the power of "I Am" is Lauren Sanders, the creator of The I AM Journal. The I AM Journal is a beautiful manifestation journal that helps you transform your thoughts, raise your vibrational energy, deepen your spiritual journey, reprogram your subconscious mind, and manifest with ease. We chat all about her journey creating The I Am Journal, the role manifestation has played in her life, the law of attraction, the strong connection between joy and manifestation, joy in her life, gratitude, and much more!  With 2018 on the horizon, make sure to check out The I Am Journal and start putting these tools to use in your life.  To find out more about this episode and The I Am Journal, including where you can purchase the journal, head over to the show notes section of our website seekthejoypodcast.com/show-notes/-the-i-am-journal You can find Lauren and The I Am Journal on Instagram @TheIAMJournal and on Facebook @theiamjournal Until next week, ✨ #SeekTheJoy - hit SUBSCRIBE - and it would mean so much if you could give the podcast a rating and/or review on iTunes ✨