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Education and Research on Global Disarmament Policy

February 3, 2025
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Victory Loves Preparation

The following reflection is from Idris Johnson, a Pace University undergraduate who participated in the POL297L Global Politics of Disarmament and Arms Control class in Fall 2024. Students had the opportunity to engage in civic engagement assignments with disarmament advocacy … Continue reading

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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