Remote warfare – buzzword or buzzkill?

Biegon, R., Rauta, V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3870-8680 and Watts, T. F. A. (2021) Remote warfare – buzzword or buzzkill? Defence Studies, 21 (4). pp. 427-446. ISSN 1743-9698 doi: 10.1080/14702436.2021.1994396

Abstract/Summary

The debates around remote warfare have grown significantly over the last decade, leading to the term acquiring a certain buzz in the media, think-tank, and policy discourse. The lack of any serious attempt to reflect and take stock of this body of scholarship informs the scope of this special issue, in general, and of this article in particular. This paper addresses this former gap and, in doing so, serves a threefold purpose. First, to provide a state-of-the-art review of this emerging debate. Second, to both categorise what properties make a buzzword and to make the case for why existing remote warfare scholarship should be approached in this way. Third, to introduce how the various contributions to this special issue extend the debate’s conceptual, theoretical, and empirical parameters.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/101225
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/14702436.2021.1994396
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
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