April 07, 2015
Autonomous Weapons at the UN: A Primer for Delegates
In advance of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, CNAS experts Paul Scharre, Michael Horowitz, and Kelley Sayler provide a primer on autonomous weapons. The authors conclude that States should follow these discussions with a more focused examination of the strategic stability issues surrounding LAWS, perhaps in the form of a working group.
Authors
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Kelley Sayler
Former Fellow, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program
Kelley Sayler is a former Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she worked with the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program and the Future of Warfa...
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Michael Horowitz
Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program
Michael C. Hororwitz is a former Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. Michael C. Horowitz is Richard Perry Professor and the Director...
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Paul Scharre
Vice President and Director of Studies
Paul Scharre is the Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. He is the award-winning author of Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and th...
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