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Education and Research on Global Disarmament Policy

June 17, 2022
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Race, Disarmament and International Politics

  The following reflection is from Magnolia Garcia Garcia, a Pace University undergraduate who participated in the POL297L Global Politics of Disarmament and Arms Control class in Fall 2021. Students were given service learning assignments with disarmament advocacy organizations working … Continue reading

January 30, 2021
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Addressing the Threat of Autonomous Weapons: Maintaining Meaningful Human Control

A new paper co-authored by Dr. Matthew Bolton of Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute, argues for a legally-binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). There is a need both for a legally-binding prohibition of certain autonomous weapons and for … Continue reading

October 19, 2016
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Next Steps in Addressing Killer Robots: UN Side Event

Director of Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute Matthew Bolton chaired a side event on autonomous weapons systems — “killer robots” — during the UN General Assembly First Committee 18 October 2016. The event featured Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, chair … Continue reading

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