Fred Aja Agwu

Armed Drones and Globalization in the Asymmetric War on Terror

Challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict and Global Political Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

ithin 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780367593650
• ISBN-10: 0367593653
• Artikelnr.: 69890701

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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