Publication
Jul 2013
This brief focuses on the future utility of drone strikes against suspected terrorists. It argues that the usefulness and frequency of these strikes will decline because 1) the US Government’s political and legal freedom of action is narrowing, 2) the strikes unintentionally help terrorist recruiting efforts, and 3) terrorist attacks are increasingly becoming ‘home-grown’, which cannot be prevented by using drones.
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Author | Martin Zapfe, Prem Mahadevan |
Series | CSS Analysis in Security Policy |
Issue | 137 |
Publisher | Center for Security Studies (CSS) |
Copyright | © 2013 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich |