Drones

Global Justice

The Distributed Empire of the War on Terror

Drone attacks were sold to the American people as a way to limit U.S. involvement in Pakistan. But all the while, Pakistani forces have overseen secret detentions, disappearances, and bombings at the behest of U.S. empire.

Madiha Tahir

War & Security

Study the Warmakers

From drone strikes to counterinsurgency efforts, the work of the late historian Nasser Hussain highlights the importance of understanding the mechanics of the War on Terror, not just its effects.

Atiya Husain

Race

Terror and Abolition

Counterterrorism, like policing and prisons, functions largely to ensnare people of color.

Atiya Husain

Politics, War & Security

Assassinating Terrorists Does Not Work

It creates more violent terrorists and leaves no one who can talk peace.

Alex de Waal

Global Justice, War & Security

Drone Victims Testify Before Congress

A Pakistani family demands acknowledgment of their grandmother's death.

Beenish Ahmed

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

The Sound of Terror: Phenomenology of a Drone Strike

“The drones were terrifying. The buzz of a distant propeller is a constant reminder of imminent death."

Nasser Hussain

Drone Poetics

In 1906 Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, a novel concerning the abysmal treatment of immigrants

Carmen Giménez Smith

Global Justice, War & Security

The Cost of Our Drone War in Pakistan

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed discusses the findings of his research into U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan and their effects on the region.

Wajahat Ali

Politics, War & Security

War Without Strategy

Two new books by investigative journalists reveal how the United States relies on drones to make up for its lack of coherent policy in the war on terrorism.

Jonathan Hafetz

Politics, War & Security

Rethinking the War on Terror

President Obama’s speech on counterterrorism strategy fell short on substance.

Elizabeth Goitein, Faiza Patel

Arts in Society, Global Justice

What Would Augustine Do?

The President, Drones, and Just War Theory

David Luban

Global Justice, War & Security

Plague of Locusts

Our Failure to Regulate Drone Warfare

Richard Falk