Drone Wars

Drones are the iconic military technology of today's most pressing conflicts. They have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted norms and moral understandings. In Drone Wars Peter Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg, the co-chairs of New America and Arizona State University’s joint Future of War project present a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and foreign policy experts that address drones' impact on the ground, how their use adheres to and challenges the laws of war, their relationship to complex policy challenges, and the ways they help us understand the future of war.

Please join New America as we welcome six of the contributors to Drone Wars to discuss the history, future, policy implications, and ethics of an era of drone war.

Follow the discussion online using #DroneWars and following @NatSecNAF.

Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event.

Agenda

What is Drone Warfare and How Did it Come to Be?

Konstantin Kakaes
2013 Future Tense Fellow
Contributor, Drone Wars
@kkakaes

Christopher Swift
Adjunct Professor of National Security Studies, Georgetown University
Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP
Contributor, Drone Wars
@christopheswift

Michael G. Waltz Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Special Forces (Reserves Component) Senior Fellow, International Security Program

Moderator

Daniel Rothenberg
Co-Chair, Future of War Project
Co-Editor, Drone Wars

The Law and Ethics of Drone Warfare

Rosa Brooks
Senior Fellow, New America
Former Counselor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Contributor, Drone Wars
@brooks_rosa

Tara McKelvey
Features Writer, BBC News
Contributor, Drone Wars
@Tara_Mckelvey

Peter W. Singer
Strategist and Senior Fellow, New America
Contributor, Drone Wars
@peterwsinger

Moderator

Daniel Rothenberg
Co-Chair, Future of War Project
Co-Editor, Drone Wars