Do we need new rules of war as conflict takes on a cyber dimension?

Military spending around the world has reached a new peak, and it's still going up. All eyes are on Ukraine and the Middle East as new strategies and weapons are being put to the test. But are the traditional international rules of warfare too focussed on old technologies? Can they be adjusted to encompass cyber hacking and the use of online civilian proxies?

Guests

Professor Johanna Weaver – Director of the Tech Policy design Centre, Australian National University, ANU

Professor Alexander Hill – Military Historian, University of Calgary

Dr Nan Tian – Senior Researcher and Programme Director, SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, SIPRI

Dr Jack Watling – Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare, Royal United Services Institute (UK)

Further information

Global Roaming - THE NEW FRONTLINES 01: Welcome to the future of war

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