‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories
| Autor: | Rafael de Brito Dias, Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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021110 strategic defence & security studies Middle East Sociotechnical system 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies lcsh:International relations 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Social Studies of Science and Technology 050601 international relations Drone 0506 political science Politics Virtuous War Military capability Order (exchange) Political science Law Post-Structuralism International security lcsh:JZ2-6530 International humanitarian law Drones |
| Zdroj: | Contexto Internacional v.40 n.1 2018 Contexto Internacional Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO) instacron:PUC_RIO Contexto Internacional, Vol 40, Iss 1, Pp 53-71 |
| ISSN: | 1982-0240 0102-8529 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0102-8529.2017400100003 |
| Popis: | Since 2004, the US Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have persecuted insurgents in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan with armed drones. Despite its alleged efficiency, this practice has been widely criticised on the grounds that it contravenes international humanitarian law. In order to understand the controversies involving this practice, we examine how this new technology was linked to and allowed the emergence of a new US international security strategy first applied in the Middle East. Drawing on James Der Derian’s post-structuralist theories about virtuous wars, the sociotechnical approach allowed by Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Gregoire Chamayou’s theories about drones, we argue that the US intention in adopting these technologies was not to enhance its military capability but to allow the USA to remain active in several risky theatres while avoiding the political and social costs of conventional military engagement. |
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