Utilitzem cookies pròpies i de tercers per realitzar una anàlisi d'ús i de mesurament de la nostra web, per millorar els nostres serveis, així com per facilitar publicitat personalitzada mitjançant l'anàlisi dels seus hàbits de navegació i preferències. Podeu canviar la configuració de les galetes o obtenir més informació, veure política de cookies. Entenc i accepto l'ús de cookies.

The Prospects and Perils of Drone Proliferation

Divendres 3 de febrer de 2017, a les 14:00
Room 24.021 - Mercè Rodoreda Building (Ground Floor)
Seminari d'investigació

Sarah Kreps (Cornell University)

Are unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, transformative? Existing perspectives on the question are divided into two competing camps—one considers drones transformative and destabilizing, the other views drones are just another platform. Instead, I show that the transformative nature of drones for the near future depends on the battlefield context. Drones for counterterrorism and nonstate actors are likely to be more influential than in an interstate or intrastate conflict context. However, future generation drones that improve on stealth, speed, size, or ability to swarm, are likely to have wider ranging impacts across battlefield contexts.

Sarah Kreps is an Associate Professor in Cornell University’s Department of Government. Her research focuses on issues of international security, particularly questions of conflict and cooperation, alliance politics, political economy, and nuclear proliferation. Sarah Kreps has held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations (and is a life member), Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs. She has a BA from Harvard, MSc from Oxford, and PhD from Georgetown. Between 1999-2003, she served on active duty in the United States Air Force. Her most recent book is Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2016), which offers a practical guide to how drone technology is reshaping both military and civilian life. 

Free attendance.

Registration is required. Registration Form

Registra't als nostres webinars informatius per cadascun dels programes de màster. Llegeix més