By Dr Neil Renic

Books

Renic NC, 2020, Asymmetric Killing Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos, Oxford University Press

Book Chapters

Renic N, 2023, 'Remote Warfare: Drivers, Limits, Challenges', in Routledge Handbook on the Future of Warfare

Journal articles

Meibauer G; Renic NC; Rodehau-Noack J; Braun CN; Davis A; Glencross A; Vaha M; Temel VNŞ; Hartnett L; Andrä C; Smith KE, 2025, 'Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It', International Studies Perspectives, 26, pp. 209 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekae012

Renic N; Schwarz E, 2025, 'On the pitfalls of technophilic reason: A commentary on Kevin Jon Heller’s “The concept of ‘the human’ in the critique of autonomous weapons"', Harvard National Security, https://harvardnsj.org/2025/05/23/on-the-pitfalls-of-technophilic-reason-a-commentary-on-kevin-jon-hellers-the-concept-of-the-human-in-the-critique-of-autonomous-weapons/

Percy S; Renic N, 2025, 'A matter of time: the role of timing in regulating military weapons', International Affairs, 101, pp. 1023 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf017

Renic N, 2024, 'Air Power by Small, Low-Cost Drones: Implications for Future Warfare', Airpower Journal, https://theairpowerjournal.com/air-power-by-small-low-cost-drones-implications-for-future-warfare/

Renic N, 2024, 'Tragic reflection, political wisdom, and the future of algorithmic war', Australian Journal Of International Affairs, 78, pp. 247 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2024.2328299

Renic N, 2024, 'The Cost of Atrocity: Strategic Implications of Russian Battlefield Misconduct in Ukraine', Ethics & International Affairs, 38, pp. 6 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679424000054

Pelopidas B; Renic NC, 2024, 'The Tragedy Trap: On the Tragicized Politics of Nuclear Weapons and Armed Drones and the Making of Unaccountability', Ethics & International Affairs, 38, pp. 209 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679424000145

Renic N; Schwarz E, 2023, 'Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing', Ethics & International Affairs, 37, pp. 321 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679423000291

Renic NC, 2023, 'Superweapons and the myth of technological peace', European Journal of International Relations, 29, pp. 129 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13540661221136764

Renic NC; Kaempf S, 2023, 'Violence re-directed: due care and the moral challenge of casualty displacement warfare', International Relations, 37, pp. 228 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00471178221105598

Renic NC; Kaempf S, 2022, 'Modern Lawfare: Exploring the Relationship between Military First-Person Shooter Video Games and the “War is Hell” Myth', Global Studies Quarterly, 2, pp. ksab045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksab045

Renic NC, 2021, 'Response to Michael J. Boyle’s Review of Asymmetric Killing: Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos', Perspectives on Politics, 19, pp. 962 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592721002103

Renic NC, 2021, 'The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace. By Michael J. Boyle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 400p. $29.95 cloth.', Perspectives on Politics, 19, pp. 958 - 959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592721001742

Renic NC, 2019, 'Battlefield Mercy: Unpacking the Nature and Significance of Supererogation in War', Ethics & International Affairs, 33, pp. 343 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679419000364

Renic NC, 2019, 'Justified killing in an age of radically asymmetric warfare', European Journal of International Relations, 25, pp. 408 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354066118786776

Renic NC, 2018, 'A Gardener's Vision: UAVs and the Dehumanisation of Violence', Survival, 60, pp. 57 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2018.1542794

Renic NC, 2018, 'UAVs and the End of Heroism? Historicising the Ethical Challenge of Asymmetric Violence', Journal of Military Ethics, 17, pp. 188 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2019.1585621

Reports

Renic N, 2024, Drones, Ukraine, and the Future of War, Centre for Military Studies, https://cms.polsci.ku.dk/english/publications/drones-the-russo-ukrainian-war-and-the-future-of-armed-conflict/

Renic N; Favaro M, 2022, Negative Multiplicity: Forecasting the Future Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Stability and Human Security, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.25592/ifsh-research-report-010, https://ifsh.de/en/publications/research-report/research-report-010

Renic N, 2021, Germany and the Decision about Arming Drones

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