‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories

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‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories

Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron et al · Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais

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Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron et al

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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais

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1982-0240

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1982-0240

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eng

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Abstract Since 2004, the US Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have persecuted insurgents in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan with armed drones. Despite its alleged efficiency, this practice has been widely criticised on the grounds that it contravenes international humanitarian law. In order to understand the controversies involving this practice, we examine how this new technology was linked to and allowed the emergence of a new US international security strategy first applied in the Middle East. Drawing on James Der Derian’s post-structuralist theories about virtuous wars, the sociotechnical approach allowed by Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Gregoire Chamayou’s theories about drones, we argue that the US intention in adopting these technologies was not to enhance its military capability but to allow the USA to remain active in several risky theatres while avoiding the political and social costs of conventional military engagement.

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al, A. E. D. R. P. E. (s. f.). ‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.2017400100003

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al, Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron et. "‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories.". https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.2017400100003.

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al, Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron et. s. f. "‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories.". https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.2017400100003.

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al, A. E. D. R. P. E. s. f, ‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-8529.2017400100003 [Accessed 3 Jul. 2026].

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Título: ‘No Boots on the Ground’: Reflections on the US Drone Campaign through Virtuous War and STS Theories

Autor / colaboradores: Alcides Eduardo dos Reis Peron et al

Editorial: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais

ISSN: 1982-0240

ISSN: 1982-0240

Idioma: eng

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Drones; Media; Virtuous War; Post-Structuralism; Social Studies of Science and Technology