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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Why drones are a game-changer in modern wars
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and
Geopolitical Issues
Edited by Marjorie Cohn
(Interlink Books, £15.99)
THIS book targets particular aspects of — or dilemmas posed by — armed drones, with its contributors tackling the moral, legal and geopolitical issues raised by the production and use of this new weapon.
Most chapters relate to the US use of battle drones in the Iraq and Afghanistan theatres of war and in countries where the US is not currently engaged in military combat such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. There are also contributions examining privacy issues associated with US surveillance drones and the legality of Israel’s use of armed drones to conduct extra-judicial killings.
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