By Dr Neil Renic

Books

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

Book Chapters

With S; Dige M; Sparrow R; Bode I; Schwarz E; Renic N; Yde I, 2025, 'Death by Algorithm The Frontier of Automated Killing', in , pp. 643 - 649, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/FAIA241557

Renic NC, 2023, 'Remote Warfare', in Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, Taylor & Francis, pp. 190 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003299011-21

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

Renic NC, 2020, 'Asymmetric Violence and the State of the Field', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 17 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0002

Renic NC, 2020, 'Introduction: The Moral Limits of Asymmetric Killing', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0001

Renic NC, 2020, 'List of Abbreviations', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. xv - xvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.002.0008

Renic NC, 2020, 'Manned Aerial Bombing', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 131 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0007

Renic NC, 2020, 'Military Sniping', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 107 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0006

Renic NC, 2020, 'Preface', in , Oxford University PressOxford, pp. vii - viii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.002.0005

Renic NC, 2020, 'Reciprocity and Just Conduct in War', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 81 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0005

Renic NC, 2020, 'Reciprocity and the Warrior Ethos', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 59 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0004

Renic NC, 2020, 'The Moral Challenge of Radical Asymmetry', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 33 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0003

Renic NC, 2020, 'UAV-Exclusive Violence', in Asymmetric Killing, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 159 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851462.003.0008

Journal articles

Elliott C; Renic NC; Wolfendale J, 2026, 'Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia', Review of International Studies, 52, pp. 698 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210525101472

Renic N, 2026, 'A civilizational imaginary of Western military technology', Contemporary Security Policy, 47, pp. 444 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2026.2625869

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

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, 2025, 'AI-optimized violence and the suffocation of moral and political wisdom', Cambridge Forum on AI Law and Governance, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cfl.2025.10025

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, 'The Cost of Atrocity: Strategic Implications of Russian Battlefield Misconduct in Ukraine', Ethics and 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 and International Affairs, 38, pp. 209 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0892679424000145

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; Schwarz E, 2023, 'Crimes of Dispassion: Autonomous Weapons and the Moral Challenge of Systematic Killing', Ethics and International Affairs, 37, pp. 321 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0892679423000291

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, 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, 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, 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 and 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

Other

Renic N, 2026, (Ir-)Responsible by Design? Corporate Guardrails and the Governance of Military AI, https://opiniojuris.org/2026/03/02/ir-responsible-by-design-corporate-guardrails-and-the-governance-of-military-ai/

Renic N, 2026, Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfare, https://theconversation.com/anthropic-v-the-us-military-what-this-public-feud-says-about-the-use-of-ai-in-warfare-276999

Renic N, 2026, The Pentagon/Anthropic Clash Over Military AI Guardrails, https://opiniojuris.org/2026/02/26/the-pentagon-anthropic-clash-over-military-ai-guardrails/

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