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World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2017, 3(2), 44-49
DOI: 10.12691/wjssh-3-2-3
Open AccessCommentary

US Drone Policy: Contested Global and Local Narratives

Akber Ali1,

1School of Film Studies, Shanghai University, P.R.Chia/ Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Pub. Date: May 17, 2017
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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

Abstract

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.

Keywords:
US Drones independent narratives local narratives

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