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Making Drones Illegal Based on a Wrong Example: The U.S. Dronified Warfare

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 39 - 74, 15.10.2016

Abstract



A
concoction between the technology, entertainment and military has resulted in a
‘new’ kind of warfare, which has started to determine the American
counterterrorism strategy, the dronified
warfare
. The U.S. for a long time now has been the leader in the production
and usage of armed drones and has attracted a lot of criticism regarding the
way how it conducts the drone strikes, which in many cases has resulted in
civilians killed. The U.S. dronified warfare has become the main determinant
when discussing the legality, morality and effectiveness of the drone as the
weapon, as many critics fail in distinguishing drone as a weapon and dronified
warfare as a process. This paper argues that if analyzed separately from the
U.S. example, drone is a legal and moral weapon. Nevertheless, the paper
emphasizes the fact that the U.S. must change its current way of conducting the
strikes by being aware of the fact that the irresponsible way it is acting in
the Middle East and regions around, sooner or later will backfire.

References

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Making Drones Illegal Based on a Wrong Example: The U.S. Dronified Warfare

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 39 - 74, 15.10.2016

Abstract

Dronelaştırılmış savaş (dronified warfare),
ABD'nin Terörle Mücadele Stratejisinde belirlemeye başlayan, teknolojinin,
eğlencenin ve ordunun bir karışımından ortaya çıkan yeni savaş türü oldu.
Silahlandırılmış İHA'ların üretiminde ve kullanımında uzun süredir ABD lider
konumunda yer almıştır ve İHA saldırılarının nasıl yapıldığı hususu ve
saldırıların çoğu olayda sivil ölümlerine neden olması yönüyle birçok
eleştirinin de odak noktası olmuştur. Birçok eleştirmen İHA'ların bir silah ve dronelaştırılmış
savaş savaş stratejisini bir süreç olarak birbirinden ayırma esnasında hataya
düşerken, İHA'ların bir silah olarak hukukiliği, ahlâğı, ve etkililiği
tartışmasında ABD'nin dronelaştırılmış savaş savaş stratejisi için belirleyici
rol oynamaktadır. Bu çalışma İHA'nın etik ve hukuki bir silah olduğunu
tartışmaktadır ve ABD'nin Ortadoğu'da ve çevresindeki sorumsuz tutumunun er ya
da geç geri tepeceğinin de farkında olarak ABD'nin şuanki İHA saldırı biçimini
değiştirmesi gerektiğini vurgulamaktadır.

References

  • Ahmed, A. (2013). The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Al Jazeera . (2013, December 18). Pakistan and US: Hand-in-Hand on Drone Deaths,” July 6, 2016 Al Jazeera ,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/11/pakistan-us-hand-hand-drone-deaths-20131127145212604294.html
  • Al Jazeera. (2016, May 23). Pakistan Says US Drone Strike Violated Its Sovereignty. July 6, 2016 Al Jazeera,http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/pakistan-drone-strike- violated-sovereignty- 160522204312754.html
  • Al Jazeera America. (2013, October 18). Lack of Transparency in US Drone Killings Muddies Legal Status, Says UN. March 20, 2016 Al Jazeera America,
  • Alston, P. (2010, May 28). Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, July 8, 2016 United Nations General Assembly,
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Gloria Shkurti

Publication Date October 15, 2016
Acceptance Date September 15, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Volume: 3 Issue: 1

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APA Shkurti, G. (2016). Making Drones Illegal Based on a Wrong Example: The U.S. Dronified Warfare. Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 3(1), 39-74.

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