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This panel discussion, based on the book Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society (Routledge, 2022), will explore the implications of drone warfare for the legitimacy of the global order. Since 2002, when the first use of an armed drone for the targeted killing of a terrorist was authorized in Yemen, the literature for drone warfare has evolved from studying the proliferation of drones, measuring their effectiveness, and exploring their legal, moral, and ethical impacts. However, these "three waves" of scholarship do not address its implications for the global order. The panelists argue that drone warfare imposes contradictions on the structural and normative pillars of global order. The panel discussion will point to the emergence of a "fourth wave" of scholarship to better contend with the social and political implications of drones.

About the speakers

Paul Lushenko is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster Scholar at Cornell University, where he is pursuing a PhD in International Relations.

Keith Carter is U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and Director of the Defense and Strategic Studies Program at the United States Military Academy.

William Maley is an Emeritus Professor at The Australian National University, where he was Professor of Diplomacy from 2003-2021.

This seminar is part of the spring seminar series with the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS).

Cosponsored by the Department of Government, and the Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University.

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