Hi, I’m Jack McDonald, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. I am currently the Director of the Centre for Science & Security Studies (CSSS) at KCL. 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)

Collected Posts

• 21 Dec, 2021 Integrated Review Guide
• 23 Jun, 2021 What if Military AI is a Washout?
• 08 Jun, 2021 Say what you want about the retreat from Basra, Dude
• 11 May, 2021 Looks Interesting: April 2021
• 24 Mar, 2021 Looks Interesting: March 2021
• 24 Mar, 2021 Looks Interesting: February 2021
• 21 Feb, 2021 The Private Holmes Problem
• 06 Jan, 2021 Looks Interesting: January 2021
• 16 Dec, 2020 Looks Interesting: November/December 2020
• 31 Oct, 2020 Looks Interesting: September/October 2020
• 10 Aug, 2020 Looks Interesting: August 2020
• 10 Jul, 2020 Looks Interesting: July 2020
• 02 Jun, 2020 Looks Interesting: June 2020
• 06 May, 2020 Is 60% Even Possible?
• 02 May, 2020 Looks Interesting: May 2020
• 20 Apr, 2020 Covid-19 Tracking White Papers
• 17 Apr, 2020 Snakes and Dragons
• 01 Apr, 2020 Looks Interesting: March/April 2020
• 05 Feb, 2020 Looks Interesting: January/February 2020
• 17 Jan, 2020 Geofence Warrants
• 02 Jan, 2020 Looks Interesting: January 2020
• 22 Dec, 2019 Tech Ethics Fakeouts, MIT Media Lab Edition
• 25 Aug, 2017 On Killer Robots and IEDs
• 21 Jul, 2017 “The Wrong Strategy” as Passive Voice
• 10 Jun, 2017 Sakoda, Schelling, and Segregation Modelling
• 21 Aug, 2016 Summer Reading: A Burglar's Guide...
• 05 Jul, 2016 Lethal Legibility
• 16 Nov, 2015 Bombing the Devil in the Pale Moonlight
• 11 Nov, 2015 Counter Singularity Warfare
• 31 Oct, 2014 Naming Privacy & the Yanomami
• 10 Dec, 2013 Amazon, Atwood and the NSA
• 26 Aug, 2013 5000 Feet is the Best
• 22 Jul, 2013 Kill Boxes and Rain Rooms