Armin Krishnan

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Armin Krishnan is a scholar whose research sits at the critical intersection of military technology, robotics, and international security policy. He has made significant contributions to the emerging field of autonomous weapons studies, examining the profound ethical, legal, and strategic implications of increasingly sophisticated robotic systems on the modern battlefield. His most recognized work, *Killer Robots* (2016), has garnered 29 citations and offers a prescient exploration of unmanned combat air vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, and the prospect of autonomous micro- and nanorobotic swarm technologies reshaping warfare. This work established Krishnan as an early and authoritative voice on a subject that has since become central to defense policy debates worldwide. His earlier paper, "Automating War: The Need for Regulation" (2009), with 15 citations, helped lay the intellectual groundwork for discussions around governing autonomous weapons systems, noting that while thousands of unmanned systems had already been deployed, the regulatory frameworks necessary to manage their evolution remained dangerously underdeveloped. Krishnan's scholarship is particularly valuable for students and researchers grappling with the governance of emerging military technologies, offering both technical understanding and rigorous ethical analysis at a time when these questions carry urgent real-world consequences.