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Drones, force and law : European perspectives / David Hastings Dunn, Nicholas J. Wheeler ; with Jack Davies, Zeenat Sabur.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Dunn, David Hastings, author.
Wheeler, Nicholas J., author.
Davies, Jack, author.
Sabur, Zeenat, author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations, 2515-706X.
Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations, 2515-706X
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drone aircraft--Law and legislation.
Drone aircraft.
Drone aircraft--Political aspects.
Terrorism--Prevention--Technological innovations.
Terrorism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (93 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Summary:
The central argument set out in this Element is that the combination of a perceived radical change in the threat environment post 9/11, and the new capabilities afforded by the long silent reach of the drone, have put pressure on the previously accepted legal frameworks justifying the use of force. This has resulted in disagreements - both articulated and unarticulated - in how the Western allies should respond to both the legal and operational innovations in the use of force that drones have catalysed. The Element focuses on the responses of the UK, France, and Germany to these developments in the context of the changing US approach to the use of force. Locating itself at the interface of international law and politics, this is the first attempt to look at the interplay between technological innovations, legal justifications, and inter-alliance politics in the context of the use of armed drones.
Contents:
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Drones, Force and Law: European Perspectives
Contents
Introduction
The Technological Push of Drone Technology
Law in International Society
Innovating
Conventionalist
Exceptionalist
Case Studies
Plan of the Element
1 The United Kingdom: 'A New Departure' in the Use of Force?
The United Kingdom Adopts a Doctrine of Non-Temporal Imminence
Justifying Coalition Air Strikes over Syria: The Cameron Government Combines Conventionalist and Innovating Legal Strategies
Conclusion
2 France: A Strategy of Legal Conventionalism to Meet a Changing Threat Environment
The French Model of Drone Operations
Mali and the Sahel
Syria
Exceptionalism, Silence, or Innovation? French Legal Strategising beyond Sovereign Consent
3 Germany: Legal Conventionalism
The German Debate
Ramstein - Backed into a Legal Corner
4 Attempts to Achieve a European Consensus
Seeking Consensus
The UK's 2015 ISIL Attack and the Further Fracturing of Any Possible European Consensus
Prospects for Proliferation
The Dynamic and Changing Threat Environment
New Capabilities, New Temptations
Explaining the Differences in Legal Strategising
Domestic Politics
Individual Leadership
Alliance Politics
Precedent-Setting
Legal Strategising - Implications for the International Order
Abbreviations
References
Acknowledgements.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781009451505
1009451502
9781009451512
1009451510
9781009451499
1009451499
OCLC:
1481793433

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