Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Drones and US Grand Strategy in the Contemporary World

  • Book
  • © 2023

Overview

Authors:
  1. Francis N. Okpaleke

    1. Auckland, New Zealand

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Evaluates the tactical and strategic implications of lethal drone deployment in targeted states
  • Examines how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different US grand strategies
  • Provides a powerful base of evidence for policymakers and researchers by pointing to the perils of drone deployment

Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 1-14

  3. Unmasking the Nexus: Exploring US Grand Strategy and the Dynamic Role of Drones

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 15-59

  4. Historicizing the Role of Drones in US Grand Strategy

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 61-84

  5. Drone Warfare and US Grand Strategy During the Bush Administration

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 85-101

  6. Obama’s Drone Wars and US Grand Strategy

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 103-144

  7. The Trump Administration, Drones, and US Grand Strategy

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 145-172

  8. The Dialectics and Dilemma of US Drone Warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 173-209

  9. The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 211-239

  10. Conclusion

    • Francis N. Okpaleke
    Pages 241-248

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 249-287
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large.

Reviews

“Modern warfare has a lot to do with disruptive strategy and technology. The arrival of drones as an instrument of warfare is changing the way wars are planned, prosecuted, won, or lost. This development holds salient implications for statecraft globally. Francis Okpaleke’s book (Drones and US Grand Strategy in the Contemporary World) is a timely and modest contribution to the emerging scholarship on the strategic import of dronification in the context of the rapidly evolving international praxis of warfare. I strongly recommend the book for all stakeholders of the global community of Defence and Strategy.” (— Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Political Science and Security Studies, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Auckland, New Zealand

    Francis N. Okpaleke

About the author

Francis Okpaleke is a Senior Research and Policy Analyst for the Information and Communication Technology Council, Canada. He was formerly a Teaching and Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and Public Policy, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Francis holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and Security Studies, an MSc in Terrorism and Security Studies from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, and a BSc (First Class Honors) in Political Science from the University of Nigeria.


Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation