21 Citations
Meditations on the abyss: American security, the global “war on terror,” and the rise of ISIS
- Political Science
- 2018
AMERICAN SECURITY, THE GLOBAL “WAR ON TERROR,” AND THE RISE OF ISIS by EDWIN DANIEL JACOB A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial…
New Rules for New Tools? Exploitative and Productive Lawfare in the Case of Unpiloted Aircraft
- Political ScienceAlternatives: Global, Local, Political
- 2018
Contemporary shifts in technology are celebrated for empowering human rights defenders and generating prosperity, but they also enable new forms of human rights violations. This article traces the…
Drone Warfare: Twenty-First Century Empire and Communications
- Art
- 2017
This paper, part of a larger project that examines drones from a social-construction of technology perspective, considers drone warfare in light of Harold Innis’s seminal work on empire and…
Discurso terrorista y la militarización del contraterrorismo estadounidense: Los años de Reagan
- Geography, Political Science
- 2016
espanolEste articulo analiza el proceso de militarizacion de la politica contraterrorista de Estados Unidos, mostrando como esta militarizacion, asi como la doctrina preventiva de lucha contra el…
Dismantling the wall: the simplification of complex socio-technological systems and the implications for urban resilience
- Education
- 2016
The study of urban and societal collapse has long been an area of scientific, historical and cultural interest. In recent years this interest in collapse, and its corollary resilience, has increased…
GlobalShadowWar-aconceptual analysis
- Political Science
- 2015
The US strategic shift from nation-building to what has been labelled “light footprint” has carried with it a number of changes in the practices used when waging war on terrorism. These activities…
NOVOS DESAFIOS SECURITÁRIOS: AS IMPLICAÇÕES DA TECNOLOGIA DE VEÍCULOS AÉREOS NÃO TRIPULADOS PARA O SISTEMA INTERNACIONAL
- Political Science
- 2015
The Eagle Comes Home to Roost: The Historical Origins of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program
- Political Science
- 2015
The rapid escalation of the CIA's drone program under the Obama administration has attracted the close attention of the media and academic experts. While such attention has helped shine a light on…
The Next Arms Race? A Military Ethical Reflection on the Effects of Artificial Superintelligence on Drone Warfare and American Counterterrorism
- Political Science
- 2015
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Dark Clouds and Deadly Skies: Assessing the Strategic Effectiveness of Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Outside of Designated Combat Zones
- Political Science
- 2015
Abstract : With major combat operations complete in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States continues to face resilient terrorist threats from violent extremist networks across the globe. These…