International Scholar to Address AI, Gig Warfare, and Killer Robots Professor Mark Klamberg will explore the evolving role of the military use of artificial intelligence.

By Law Communications
February 14, 2025

Professor Mark Klamberg of the University of Stockholm will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University School of Law on the intersection of artificial intelligence, modern warfare, and international law.

The lecture is titled “Regulatory Choices at the Advent of Gig Warfare and Killer Robots.” It is scheduled for Wednesday, February 19 at 1:00 p.m. in Classroom B, Sydney Lewis Hall on the campus of Washington and Lee. This event is free and open to the public.

During the talk, Professor Klamberg will explore the evolving role of military AI, examining how Rules of Engagement may function as a coordinating mechanism in modern conflicts. His lecture will address the implications of AI-driven warfare under different military command and control systems, the legal and ethical challenges of fully autonomous Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), and potential regulatory approaches, including prohibitions on LAWS in densely populated areas and export restrictions to prevent proliferation.

A leading expert in public international law, Professor Klamberg is the Deputy Director of the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ) and a nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Carter School of Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University and has been a Scholar-in-Residence at American University’s School of International Service. In addition, he provides expertise to the Consultative Council at the National School of Judges of Ukraine, advising on domestic war crimes trials. His experience extends to serving as an expert for OSCE ad hoc missions under its Moscow Mechanism and acting as a consultant for the defense in the Al-Hassan case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Professor Klamberg is a prolific scholar whose work spans international criminal law, surveillance, privacy, and corporate responsibility. He is the author of “Evidence in International Criminal Trials: Confronting Legal Gaps and the Reconstruction of Disputed Events” (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013) and “Power and Law in the International Society – International Relations as the Sociology of International Law” (Routledge, 2015). He is also the co-author of “Sverige och folkrätten” (Norstedts Juridik, 2020), the leading textbook on public international law in Sweden. In addition, he serves as the chief editor of the Commentary on the Law of the ICC (CLICC), covering the Rome Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. His research has been widely published in leading journals, including the International Criminal Law Review, Georgetown Journal of International Law, Journal of International Criminal Justice, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Nordic Journal of International Law, George Washington International Law Review, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, and the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.