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Category Archives: History of Drones
Remote: a Documentary about Drones and Humans
This is a 33-minute documentary I produced about drone warfare. It covers a lot of ground–from the history of air power, to signature strikes, miniaturized swarming, the future of policing, the role of autonomous AI, and what it all means … Continue reading
Posted in Biopolitics, Drone Technology, History of Drones, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Biopolitics, documentary, Drones, history, humans, Palestine, philosophy, robots, Signature strikes, surveillance, Swarming, U.S., War on Terror
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Scorched Atmospheres: The Violent Geographies of the Vietnam War and the Rise of Drone Warfare
This article is published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Cite as: Shaw, I.G.R. (2016). Scorched Atmospheres: The Violent Geographies of the Vietnam War and the Rise of Drone Warfare. The Annals of the Association of American … Continue reading
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Predator Empire, Dronification of State Violence – Open Access
Two of my papers on drone warfare have been made freely available by the publisher: Ian Shaw and Majed Akhter, The Dronification of State Violence (2014). Geopolitics. Available here. This article explores the shifting methods of U.S. state violence. Building … Continue reading
Posted in Baseworld, Biopolitics, Hannah Arendt, History of Drones
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Our drone wars are just beginning – Cartoon
This cartoon, by David Axe and Matt Bors highlights some of the key developments in U.S. drone warfare.
Posted in Art, History of Drones
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The Endgame: The War of All Against All (The Dronification of State Violence, Conclusion)
The Endgame: The War of All Against All (The Dronification of State Violence, Conclusion) “The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” — Hannah Arendt, 1969[1] The … Continue reading
The Dronification of State Violence, Part V: A Well-Oiled Killing Machine, and the Rule by Nobody
Previous section: The Dronification of State Violence, Part IV: The Predator A Well-Oiled Killing Machine, and the Rule by Nobody The creation of the drone target is an intensely bureaucratic process. Understanding the various processes behind what Gregory McNeal calls a … Continue reading
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The Dronification of State Violence, Part IV: The Predator
Previous section: The Dronification of State Violence, Part III: The Drone War Paper Trail The Predator “The bar for war had been lowered, the remote-controlled age had begun, and the killer drones became an object of fascination inside the CIA.”—Mark Mazzetti[1] … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, CIA, Hannah Arendt, History of Drones, Pakistan, Special Forces
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The Dronification of State Violence, Part III: The Drone War Paper Trail
Previous section: The Dronification of State Violence, Part II: Historical Origins The Paper Trail So far, we have provided some of the broad-brush strokes of the CIA’s partnership with Pakistan’s ISI. Yet in analyzing the CIA, it is easy to “black … Continue reading
The Dronification of State Violence, Part II: Historical Origins
Previous section: Life and Death in the West Wing Historical Origins of the Predator War in Pakistan In this section, we briefly trace the geographic and historical antecedents of the Predator war in Pakistan. The objective is to highlight the institutional … Continue reading
The Dronification of State Violence – published
I have just been notified that Critical Asian Studies have published my co-authored paper, “The Dronification of State Violence.” Here’s the abstract: This article explores the shifting methods of U.S. state violence. Building on their earlier work, the authors focus … Continue reading
Understanding Empire: Technology, Power, Politics 