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Conference paper
Drones as tools of the state system
University of West Florida Libraries
Reconfiguring Global Space: The Geography, Politics, and Ethics of Drone War, (School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 07/13/2015–07/17/2015)
2015
Abstract
This paper seeks to assess whether lethal drones offer a fundamental challenge to the modern state system. In other words, do drones represent a revolution in international affairs, or are they simply a new tool supporting the status quo? Not unlike developments in realms like cybersecurity, drones raise questions about the integrity and future of the sovereign state, so the paper evaluates drone use in two broad categories: international humanitarian law and grand strategy. First, can drone use be legitimated using standard, mainstream principles and precedents as established in international law? If so, whatever their failings, lethal drones fit within the broad normative and ethical parameters that modern states have adopted. Second, can drones provide an effective, relevant tool for a state’s grand strategy? If so, lethal drones can address the pragmatic needs and material incentive structure of powerful states.
Details
- Title
- Drones as tools of the state system
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Conference
- Reconfiguring Global Space: The Geography, Politics, and Ethics of Drone War, (School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 07/13/2015–07/17/2015)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 34
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090304706600
- Academic Unit
- Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government ; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English