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Michael C. Horowitz

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Michael C. Horowitz is the director of Perry World House and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Foreign Policy Essay

Will Killer Robots Be Banned? Lessons from Past Civil Society Campaigns

Michael C. Horowitz, Julia M. Macdonald   Sun, Nov 5, 2017, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: One of the most successful NGO anti-war efforts was the campaign to ban landmines, which led to a treaty banning their use and production in 1997. Activists, not surprisingly, are using this model as they focus on other technologies, including autonomous weapons systems—and yes, here is a Terminator link.