In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. July 2018 saw increased proliferation as the US sold drones across the world, a theft of drone-documents which were sold on the darkweb, and more concerns raised over drone strikes and the algorithms behind them....
The Stimson Center has conducted an analysis of how drones relate to various multilateral regulatory regimes. Based on these findings, they have published a report offering a particular focus on the International Arms Trade Treaty, examining the ways in which it regulates the transfers and use of drones. It finds that differing standards guiding drone transfers from different regimes, such...
This report outlines the impending growth in the global market for drones. Government and commercial investments in developing drone technologies is at a high and shows no sign of abating. Of the currently 450 drone manufacturers globally, two thirds are working on military drones in the hopes of gaining a substantial slice of the projected market value of US$21 billion...
A short overview of the news this week, including updates from us, PAX and the Stimson Centre. ...
As part of our effort to investigate how countries consider and use armed drones, we have added our analysis of Estonia to our growing depository. The page is now available and accesible via our countries map....
A short overview of the news this week, including updates from us, the APPG on Drones, the Stimson Centre and Drone Wars UK....
What are the blind spots, lessons learned, and good and bad habits in the relationship between US policymakers and military drones? What effects is the use of drones generating, what are they achieving, and are they the best means to accomplish set goals? The Centre for New American Security has delved deep into the relationship between policymakers and drones, and found...
The UK's way of fighting a war at a distance, including through the use of drones, is generally believed to be effective, cheap, and clean. A new report by the Remote Warfare Programme of the Oxford's Research Group dispels these and other myths. ...