Hi, I’m Jack McDonald, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. I am currently the KCL co-director of the Reconceptualising strand of the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War. I’m also a second degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This is my personal site, I mirror my online writing below.
Email: jack AT jackmcdonald DOT org
Most Recent Book
What is War For?, Bristol University Press, 2023. Bristol University Press | Amazon (UK) | Amazon (USA)
Most Recent Publication
Digital Connectivity and Digital Informants in War, 2025. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Recent Posts
- Integrated Review Guide
- What if Military AI is a Washout?
- Say what you want about the retreat from Basra, Dude
- Looks Interesting: April 2021
- Looks Interesting: March 2021
#Artificial Intelligence
#Autonomous Weapons
#Book Notes
#Contact Tracing
#Covid-19
#Data
#Digital Rights
#Digital Surveillance
#Digital Technology
#Dirty Wars
#Distinction
#Ethics
#Geolocation
#Hybrid Warfare
#Just War Theory
#Law Enforcement
#LAWS
#Military Ethics
#Military Innovation
#Population Control
#Privacy
#Reading List
#Scorched Earth
#Security
#Silicon Valley
#Strategy
#Surveillance
#Technology Regulation
#Warfare