Armed Drones and Globalization in the Asymmetric War on Terror - Challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict and Global Political Economy

Sommario

Contents
Dedication
Contents
List of Acronyms
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Insurgency and Terrorism as forms of Asymmetric Warfare
Chapter 3: The War on Terrorism (WoT)
Chapter 4: Dirty/nightmarish weapon platforms in WoT
Chapter 5: The jurisprudence of new and "unregulated" weapons
Chapter 6: The armed drone weapon platform
Chapter 7: Drones in self-defence against terrorists
Chapter 8: Drones, vanishing frontlines and the emergence of "battlespace"
Chapter 9: Drones in International Humanitarian Law, IHL
Chapter 10: Drones and ethics in WoT
Chapter 11: Drones, WoT and the principle of chivalry
Chapter 12: Drones, miniaturization, automation and accountability in WoT
Chapter 13: Globalization, postmodernism and the WoT
Chapter 14: To achieve a successful WoT
Select bibliography
Index

Info autore

Professor Fred Aja Agwu is the Head of the Division of International Law and Organization at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria

Riassunto

Within the context of IHL this book appraises the drone as a weapon of engagement, discussing such issues as "personality" and "signature" strikes as well as the implications of the deployment of spies as drone strikers rather the Defence Department, the members of the U.S armed forces.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fred Aja Agwu, Fred Aja (Nigerian Institute of Internationa Agwu, Fred Aja (Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Agwu
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138566934
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56693-4
• Pagine: 358
• Serie: Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict; Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, International Relations, International Law, Terrorism, armed struggle, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict, Arms negotiation and control