The Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drones Policy issued its report and recommendations in June 2014. The task force was supported by three expert working groups focused on different aspects of U.S. drones policy: ethics and law; export controls and regulat …
The Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drones Policy issued its report and recommendations in June 2014. The task force was supported by three expert working groups focused on different aspects of U.S. drones policy: ethics and law; export controls and regulat …
The Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drones Policy issued its report and recommendations in June 2014. The task force was supported by three expert working groups focused on different aspects of U.S. drones policy: ethics and law; export controls and regulat …
Over the past decade, drones have been increasingly relied upon in a growing number of strategic theaters by the United States as well as by other countries. The lethal use of drones is not well understood and evokes a backlash due to secrecy, primaril …
The United States has a problem unique to history’s greatest powers. Our wars are often too cheap. Air campaigns like the 2011 campaign in Libya, the ongoing one against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and the drone strikes that periodically targe …
On the same day that President Obama announced that a U.S. drone strike in January killed two humanitarian aid workers — American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto — the Stimson Center and the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a seminar to …
Editor’s Note: Drones and their use have long fascinated and frustrated many of us atLawfare. Part of the fascination stems from the new ground being broken, both technologically and especially at the policy level. The frustration, however, c …
Unmanned aerial vehicles – more commonly referred to as “drones” – are increasingly relied upon as a component of military operations and national security strategies worldwide. As demand for this technology increases, including through commercial inno …
When the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its “torture report” in December 2014, it reignited the battle over the George W. Bush administration’s conduct of the “war on terror.” Unfortunately, the interrogation program was not an anomal …
The Stimson Center’s Task Force on US Drone Policy released a comprehensive and pragmatic set of recommendations to the Obama Administration on the future of US drone policy. Co-chaired by General John P. Abizaid (US Army, Ret.), former …
The increased U.S. reliance on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), more colloquially known as “drones,” has been controversial in the United States and around the world. Although drones have many peaceful applications, most policy attention is focused on th …
By Peter Lichtenbaum and Rachel Stohl: It seems like drones are everywhere in Washington. A drone landed on the White House lawn, the Federal Aviation Administration released regulations for small commercial drones in U.S. airspace, and, mos …
In the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama made a singular reference to unmanned aerial vehicles, more colloquially referred to as “drones.” During his remarks on American values, Obama said, “As Americans, we respect human dignity, even …
By Missy Cummings: Last week the United States launched airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria using F-18 fighter jets and predator drones. The use of drones in military operations has become a lightning rod for criticism but this cont …
By Rabia Akhtar: If one looks at the total number of drone strikes resulting in casualties inside Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) from 2004 until 2014, they are lesser in comparison to civilian and military causalities …
With the emergence of ISIS in Iraq, renewed attention has been given to the use of armed drones to permit greater U.S. intelligence gathering and tactical action, without necessitating U.S. boots on the ground. This is a popular position. A CBS Ne …
With the emergence of ISIS in Iraq, renewed attention has been given to the use of armed drones to permit greater U.S. intelligence gathering and tactical action, without necessitating U.S. boots on the ground. This is a popular position. A CBS Ne …
Findings Represent the Most Senior-Level Nonpartisan Recommendations on Drones to Date For Immediate Release: June 26, 2014 Contact: Jim Baird at [email protected]; (202) 478-3413 (Washington, D.C.) – A senior-level, nonpar …
The Stimson Task Force on US Drone Policy released its report and recommendations on June 26 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report looks at the military and national security benefits of UAV technologies, analyzes the current U …
The benefits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are vast — providing detailed intelligence and an eye-in-the-sky perspective in a variety of missions around the world. While the military use of UAVs has been well …
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President Barack Obama’s use of armed drones to kill terrorists has dominated the debate about unmanned aerial vehicles, while comparatively little attention has been given to non-weaponized drones. Yet these unarmed drones may be even more important t …
A conversation with Lt. Gen. Larry D. James Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance U.S Air Force and Rachel Stohl Senior Associate, Stimson Center The U.S. Air Force And Drone Policy from Stimson Center on …