The United States has led the way in developing a new way of conceptualising and executing war.
The emphasis now is on effecting warfare at a distance by relying on smart technologies and light-footprint deployments rather than more traditional military approaches. With the rise of austerity in Europe, other Western states adopted part or all of this ‘remote-control warfare’ approach.
Within this, policymakers and military planners are promoting the tactics and technologies judged to have worked during the war on terror and associated conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. As such, the five key aspects of remote warfare are:
Chris has undertaken groundbreaking research on many aspects of remote warfare, which has resulted in several influential publications, including Hostile drones: The hostile use of drones by non-state actors against British targets (Remote Control, 2016), Securing change: Recommendations for the British government regarding remote-control warfare (Open Briefing, 2015) and Remote control war: Unmanned combat air vehicles in China, India, Iran, Israel, Russia and Turkey (Open Briefing, 2013).
Between April 2014 and November 2016, Chris and his colleagues at Open Briefing also produced a series of monthly intelligence briefings on remote warfare for the Remote Control project (now part of the Oxford Research Group).
The emphasis now is on effecting warfare at a distance by relying on smart technologies and light-footprint deployments rather than more traditional military approaches. With the rise of austerity in Europe, other Western states adopted part or all of this ‘remote-control warfare’ approach.
Within this, policymakers and military planners are promoting the tactics and technologies judged to have worked during the war on terror and associated conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. As such, the five key aspects of remote warfare are:
- Special operations forces
- Private military and security companies
- Unmanned vehicles and autonomous weapons systems
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
- Cyber warfare
Chris has undertaken groundbreaking research on many aspects of remote warfare, which has resulted in several influential publications, including Hostile drones: The hostile use of drones by non-state actors against British targets (Remote Control, 2016), Securing change: Recommendations for the British government regarding remote-control warfare (Open Briefing, 2015) and Remote control war: Unmanned combat air vehicles in China, India, Iran, Israel, Russia and Turkey (Open Briefing, 2013).
Between April 2014 and November 2016, Chris and his colleagues at Open Briefing also produced a series of monthly intelligence briefings on remote warfare for the Remote Control project (now part of the Oxford Research Group).
