1School of Film Studies, Shanghai University, P.R.Chia/ Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
2017,
Vol. 3 No. 2, 44-49
DOI: 10.12691/wjssh-3-2-3
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Akber Ali. US Drone Policy: Contested Global and Local Narratives.
World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2017; 3(2):44-49. doi: 10.12691/wjssh-3-2-3.
Correspondence to: Akber Ali, School of Film Studies, Shanghai University, P.R.Chia/ Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Email:
alyshu2016@gmail.com/ akber.ali@kiu.edu.pkAbstract
In the post 9/11, the United States has launched a controversial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or commonly known as drone strikes as a counterterrorism strategy in a number of regions of Asia and Africa to hit the terrorists and their hideouts. There exist contested global and local narratives pertinent to the US drone policy. The United States has defended the US drone strikes as an effective counter terror policy with minimum collateral damage and not violating the international law ;the human rights organizations and independent actors including the targeted countries on the other hand, have challenged the US claims and narratives vis-à-vis the drone strikes on various dimensions including legally, effectual and moral. This study attempts to explore how these narratives vary from each other and what are the reasons for these divergent interpretations of the usage of the drone technology.
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