The United States is at the vanguard of autonomously hovering technology development. A government-appointed council in the United States has even stated that developing artificial intelligence-driven weaponry is a moral duty for the government. Whereas the morality of this need can be contested, there really is no denying that the technological breakthroughs of the world’s most powerful army ought to be watched.
Take into account current experiments conducted by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that show a stage toward independent cooperative firearms, in this case, weaponry with pre-defined Rules of …
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Canada’s Firearms Regulation Commitments
The binding legal Arms Trade Treaty, which is the first global framework to thoroughly govern the worldwide trading and transferring of modern arms, was signed by Canada in September 2019. When Canada exports military technology, this good action safeguards civil rights.
Furthermore, domestic weapon restrictions are grossly insufficient, especially when it comes to firearms marking and track, both of which are crucial instruments for tracing weapons and protecting them out from the hands of the wrong people.
Over 1,500 firearm models were forbidden by the federal authorities on May 1, 2020. After a major tragedy in Nova …
This is probably Time for Canada to Make a Statement about its Nuclear Disarmament Program
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which became part of international law on the 22nd of January, was a watershed moment for nuclear disarmament. The TPNW, which was ratified by fifty states in October after being supported by 122 state governments in 2017, started a 90-day counting down to come into effect.
Apart from establishing precise legal responsibilities, the TPNW has a considerable political aspect. Although states with nuclear arms will only dismantle when and if they want to, international and domestic pressure on them to do this will increase, and they will lose control of the narrative surrounding …
Canada has been Deafeningly Silent on the Use of Illegal Canadian Weaponry in Libya
Since 2011, after dictator Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and civil war erupted, Libya, once one of Africa’s most affluent countries, has been ravaged by horrific armed warfare. It has subsequently become one of Africa’s most important proxy war hotspots. Stephanie Williams, the UN’s Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in Libya, has characterized Libya as a study area for all types of new weaponry systems.
According to the United Nations, the arms embargo was broken at least 45 times between April and December 2019. Foreign players’ huge weapon smuggling into Libya has been identified as a major …
The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Military Applications
Latest nationwide debates and multilateral forums have focused on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI). According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 60 nations have various programs and more than 30 nations have governmental AI programs that incorporate safe usage of AI. Nevertheless, the employment of AI for national defense has received little attention.
Members of the AI Partnership for Defense have all pledged to develop AI systems that are secure, dependable, and lawful thus far. However, the prospect of faster reactions and lower risk for their military troops continues to …
It’s probably Time to Prohibit Space Weapon Studies that Produce Debris
A fundamental strategy to connect behavior-based management and arms control is to prohibit the operation of kinetic weaponry in space. Creating such ties may eventually relieve years of an impasse with those who want to avoid conflict in space by prohibiting specific hardware as well as those who feel the best approach to ensure this aim is through openness, faith, and other behavioral measures like conventions.
This integrated method appears to have widespread support. There’s been widespread support for a UK plan, which is enshrined in UN General Assembly Resolution 75/36, to improve space safety via rules of behavior….
Iranian Nuclear Accord could still be Protected.
Even before becoming Leader of the USA, Donald Trump was a vocal opponent of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (or Iran nuclear deal). Despite his animosity, the arrangement made it through his term as president, though not without a hitch. Joe Biden, the incoming President of the United States, is pretty hopeful that it could be saved. However, measures shall be taken right away to save the trade first before the existing small window of chance shuts completely.
The 2015 agreement between Iran and the member states of the United Nations Security Council, and as well as the European Union and Germany was designed to limit Iran…
Canada must Stand Firm Against the US Attempts to Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Accord
President Donald Trump has long criticized the Iran nuclear deal, and his actions already have threatened a few of the treaty’s difficult security benefits. But his current step is a flagrant violation of international law that should be condemned, particularly by countries like Canada that embrace a multilateral system rules-based.
Canada and other countries facing US pressure must understand why Iran rejected an agreement that would have eased crippling sanctions and offered much-needed economic relief.
The order in which things happen is critical. When the US pulled out of the accord in 2018, it did so in flagrant …