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InternationalSecurityProgramme

April2021

MilitarydronesinEurope

Ensuringtransparencyandaccountability

JessicaDorseyandNilzaAmaral

ChathamHouse,theRoyalInstituteofInternationalAffairs,isaworld-leadingpolicyinstitutebasedinLondon.Ourmissionistohelpgovernmentsandsocietiesbuildasustainablysecure,prosperousandjustworld.

Contents

Summary

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Introduction

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DronesinEurope

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Transparency,accountabilityandtheruleoflaw

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Conclusionsandrecommendations

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Appendix:Tostrikeornottostrike?

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Abouttheauthors

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Acknowledgments

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—Theuseofarmeddrones,particularlytoconducttargetedkillingsoutsideformalwarzones,remainshighlycontentious.Ithasbroughttotheforequestionsonciviliancasualties,theruleoflaw,secrecyandlackofaccountability,amongothers.

—Asgovernmentsfailtomakeadequateinformationpubliclyavailableontheuseofdrones,criticismsaboundoverhowalackoftransparencymighthinderdemocraticaccountability.LackoftransparencyalsoleadstodoubtsoverwhetherEuropeancountriesdoenoughtosafeguardtheruleoflaw.

—Manyofthevaluesandfunctionsoftransparencyandaccountabilityrelyonadherencetotheruleoflaw,orareadjacenttoitsbeingrespectedandenforced.Whenthesethreeelementsarebalanced,theyresultinafunctionalleveloflegitimacyofoperations,benefitingmilitaryoperators,militaries,coalitions,statesandultimatelytheinternationalcommunity.

—Withaninterestinsupportingarules-basedinternationalorderanddefendingdemocraticvalues,Europeancountrieshaveanopportunitytoplayanimportantroleinshapingthenormsonhowdronesareusedinfuture,andshouldworktodeveloppathwaysforachievingthis.Thisincludesaddressinglong-standingcallsforgreatertransparencyandaccountabilityfortheuseofarmeddrones.

—Bydemonstratingtheirwillingnesstoaddresstheimplicationsofdroneuse,Europeanstateswouldkeepthoseissuesonthepoliticalagendaandcouldpotentiallyexertsomepressureforpositivechange.InlightofindicationsthatsomeactivitiesonthepartofEuropeancountriesmayfeedintowhatcouldbeunlawfuldronestrikesbytheUS,itisalsoimportanttoensurethatthis

isnotthecase.

—TheEUcouldspearheadthedevelopmentofaguidancedocumentonbestpracticesforimprovingtransparencyandaccountabilitymechanismsfortheuseofarmeddrones.Whilealegallybindingdocumentwouldmakeforastrongerlegalframework,thiswouldrequirealevelofunityandcommitmentamongEUcountriesthatwouldbedifficulttoachieve,andmightthereforeendupstallingattemptstoreachacommonunderstandingonarmeddroneuse.

—TheUK,whichsharesthesamedemocraticvaluesasthoseonwhichtheEUisfounded,aswellasaninterestinpromotingtheruleoflaw,shouldalsotakepartinthisprocess.ItisoneofonlyfourEuropeancountriessofar(alongwithFrance,SerbiaandUkraine)confirmedaspossessingarmeddronecapabilities,and,assuch,itiscriticalthatitshouldbebroughtintothefold.

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Withtheuseofarmeddronescontinuingtofacilitateactionsthatchallengeinternationallegalframeworksandunderminedemocraticvalues,itiscrucialtoaddressthecontroversiessurroundingdroneuse.

Thisresearchpaperistheresultofaproject,supportedbytheOpenSocietyFoundations,focusingonthepolicyimplicationsofarmeddronesfortheEUandtheUK.Thepaperisinformedbydiscussionsthattookplaceattwoworkshopsandasimulationexercise,allofwhichwereheldatChathamHousein2019.

(Asummaryofthesimulationexerciseisincludedasanappendixtothispaper.)ThediscussionsconsideredtheproliferationofdronesacrossEurope,revisitedthecontroversiesposedbyarmeddrones,andexploredhowEuropeancountriesmightaddressongoingconcernsontheuseofarmeddrones,particularlywithregard

tolackoftransparencyandaccountability.TherecommendationsprovidedarethereforeintendedfortheEUandtheUK,andfocusonhow,byvirtueofasharedpoliticalinterestinsupportingdemocraticvaluesandtheruleoflaw,theymightcometogethertoaddresssomeofthelong-standingimplicationsofdroneuse.However,thisisnottoprecludeothercountriesfromtakingpartinanysuchendeavour.

Troublingeffects

Theuseofarmeddrones,1particularlytoconducttargetedkillings

outsideformalwarzones,isahighlycontentiousissue.Inourcontemporarycontext,whereconflicthasmovedbeyondtherealmsoftraditionalwarfaretotakeplaceinundefinedbattlezones,2andispredominantlycharacterizedbycounterterrorismandcounter-insurgencyoperations,theuseofdroneshasbroughttotheforequestionsaroundciviliancasualties,theruleoflaw,secrecyandlackofaccountability,amongothers.Thesequestionshaveinturngivenrisetopersistentcriticismsondroneuse.

1Thispaperfocusesontheuseofmedium-altitude,long-endurance(MALE)drones,whichfallunderClassIII(seeTable1).

2Traditionalwarfareisunderstoodasbeingfoughtbetweentheformalmilitaryforcesofopposingstateswithinaclearlydefinedbattlefield.

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Forexample,withcounterterroristandcounter-insurgencyoperationsinvolvingirregularcombatants(whoarenotasreadilyrecognizableassoldierswearinguniforms),itisnotalwayseasytodistinguishlawfultargetsfromcivilians.3Whenadronestrikeislaunched,civiliansthereforehavenoonetowhomtheycandirectlyappealiftheyarebeingtargetedbymistake(aswouldbethecaseifthereweretroopsontheground).Althoughdronetechnologyisfrequentlycreditedforallowinggreaterprecisionwhenaspecifictargetisaimedat,itisnotoftenacknowledgedthatprecisionitselfbeginsnotwiththeaccuracyoftheweaponatthepointofthestrike,butwiththeabilitytoidentifythetargetcorrectlyinthefirstplace.4Forinstance,asexemplifiedbytheinfamousUruzganincidentof2010,civilianscanbemistakenlytargetedasaresultofbeingincorrectlyidentifiedasinsurgents,sometimesduetoerroneouspreconceptionsandafailuretounderstandlocalandculturalcontexts.5

Althoughdronetechnologyisfrequentlycreditedforallowinggreaterprecisionwhenaspecifictargetisaimedat,itisnotoftenacknowledgedthatprecisionitselfbeginsnotwiththeaccuracyoftheweaponatthepointofthestrike,butwiththeabilitytoidentifythetargetcorrectlyinthefirstplace.

Moreover,asAgnèsCallamard,theUNSpecialRapporteuronextrajudicial,summaryorarbitraryexecutions,notedinher2020reportontheuseofarmeddronesfortargetedkillings:‘evenwhenadrone(eventually)strikesitsintendedtarget,accuratelyand“successfully”,theevidenceshowsthatfrequentlymanymorepeopledie,sometimesbecauseofmultiplestrikes’.6ResearchondronestrikesinYemen,forinstance,showsthatfor17mentargetedmultipletimes,

273otherpeoplewerekilled;whileinPakistan,missedstrikestargeting24menkilled874otherpeople.7Inaddition,analysisofclassifieddataonUSdronestrikesinAfghanistanin2010–11showedthatdronestrikeswere10timesmorelikelytocauseciviliancasualtiesthanconventionalairattacks.8

Withthedevelopmentofdronetechnologyandtheriseofremotewarfare,questionshavealsoemergedonhowtheuseofarmeddronesmaycontributetoi)changingthecharacterofwar–forexamplebyloweringthethresholdfortheuseofforceduetoreducedfinancialcosts,theabsenceofphysicalriskstopilots,andthe

3Civilianscanbelawfultargetsinaconflictif,andonlyforsuchtimeas,directlyparticipatinginhostilities.4Zehfuss,M.(2011),‘Targeting:Precisionandtheproductionofethics’,EuropeanJournalofInternationalRelations,17(3):p.543.

5InFebruary2010aUSAirForceMQ-1PredatordronecrewmistakenlyidentifiedcivilianstravellinginUruzganprovince,Afghanistan,asinsurgents,andsubsequentlycalledontwoattackhelicoptersthatlaunchedairstrikes,killingbetween16and23peopleandinjuringanother12.SeeGregory,D.(2018),‘Eyesinthesky–bodiesontheground’,CriticalStudiesonSecurity,6(3);Wilcox,L.(2017),‘EmbodyingAlgorithmicWar:Gender,Race,andthePosthumaninDroneWarfare’,SecurityDialogue,48(1);Allinson,J.(2015),‘TheNecropoliticsofDrones’,InternationalPoliticalSociology,9(2).

6Callamard,A.(2020),Useofarmeddronesfortargetedkillings:ReportoftheSpecialRapporteuronExtrajudicial,SummaryorArbitraryExecutions,UNHumanRightsCouncil,

/en/A/HRC/44/38

(accessed23Oct.2020).

7Ibid.,p.7.

Ibid.

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potentialforplausibledeniability;aswellastoii)theblurringoflegallines,withcounterterrorismoperations–inwhichdronesareoftenusedtoconducttargetedkillings–takingplacemoreandmorefrequentlythroughmilitarymeans.9Thelatter,inturn,alsoleadstoconcernsthatcounterterrorismactivitiescanerodethedistinctionbetweenwartimeandpeacetime.10Withthesedevelopments,inmanyinstances,countriesusingarmeddronesandthoseenablingsuchusearecarvingoutapathawayfromexistingparametersoftheruleoflaw.

Legaljustificationsfordronestrikesalsoremainhighlycontestable,withcontinuingdisagreementsonthelegalityoftheUS’stargetedkillingprogrammeunderinternationallaw,includingonitspermissibilityunderjusadbellum,i.e.thelawsgoverningdecisionsontheuseofforce,andjusinbello,theframeworkthatgovernstheconductofhostilities.11AsaconsequenceoftheRoyalAirForce(RAF)dronestrikethatinAugust2015killedBritishnationalsReyaadKhanandRuhulAmininSyria,theUK’suseofdroneshasalsocomeunderscrutiny,particularlyasthestrikeoccurredbeforethegovernmenthadobtainedparliamentaryapprovalforconductingairstrikesaspartofthecoalitionforcesfightingIslamicState(ISIS)inSyria.Inaddition,concernshavearisenastohowgovernmentsinboththeUSandtheUKdefinetheconceptofimminence,withthelatter’sjustificationfortheKhanstrikeindicatingaconceptualshifttowardstheUS’sbroaderinterpretation.12

Suchcriticismsareaccompaniedbycontinuedcallsforincreasedtransparencyandaccountabilityastohowdronesareused.Thesearefuelledbyconcernsaroundhowdecisionsaremaderegardingtargetedkillings,forexamplewithrespecttosignature13ordouble-tapstrikes,14aswellasaroundreportingonciviliancasualties,numbersofwhicharefrequentlyhigherwhencountedbycivilsocietyorganizationsthanwhencountedbygovernments.Althoughinvestigationsfocusingonciviliancasualtiesbynon-governmentalorganizations(NGOs)maybefraughtwithlimitationsduetorestrictedaccesstotheaffectedarea(s)andrelianceonnewsreports,15thisonlyreinforcestheneedforseriouseffortsbygovernmentstoinvestigateandreportonthenumbersofciviliandeathsresultingfromdronestrikes.However,transparencyandaccountabilityondroneusesufferedasignificantsetbackwiththeMarch2019decisionbytheTrumpadministrationtorevoke

arequirementfortheUStoreportonciviliancasualtiesresultingfromstrikesagainst

9Dorsey,J.(2017),TowardsanEUCommonPositionontheUseofArmedDrones,EuropeanParliament:Directorate-GeneralforExternalPolicies,

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/de/document.html?

reference=EXPO_STU%282017%29578032

(accessed10Feb.2020).

10Entous,A.andOsnos,E.(2020),‘QassemSuleimaniandHowNationsDecideToKill’,NewYorker,3February2020,

/magazine/2020/02/10/qassem-suleimani-and-how-nations-decide-to-kill

(accessed25Mar.2020).

11Lawfare(undated),‘LegalityofTargetedKillingProgramunderInternationalLaw’,

/

legality-targeted-killing-program-under-international-law

(accessed5Mar.2020).

12All-PartyParliamentaryGrouponDrones(2018),TheUK’sUseofArmedDrones:WorkingwithPartners,

.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/APPG-Drones-Master-final-amendments.pdf

(accessed24Feb.2021).SeealsoDroneWarsUK(2020),JointEnterprise:AnoverviewofUS-UKco-operationonarmeddroneoperations,

/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JointEnterprise.pdf

(accessed18Jun.2020).

13Signaturestrikesaretargetedkillingsofindividualswhoseidentitiesarenotknown,butwhosepatterns

oflife–suchasmovements,locationandaffiliations–aredeemedtoindicatethattheyareinvolvedinterroristactivities;thistermisusedtodifferentiatethemfrompersonalitystrikes,wheretheidentityofthetargetedindividualisknown.

14Double-tapstrikesfollowtheinitialdronestrikeonaperson,targetingthosewhomaketheirwaytothesiteofthestrike,ontheassumptionthattheymayalsobeinvolvedinterroristactivities,seeminglywithoutrecognizingthattheymaybeinnocentcivilians.

15Lawfare(undated),‘CivilianCasualties&CollateralDamage’,

/civilian-

casualties-collateral-damage

(accessed5Mar.2020).

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terroristtargetsoutsideareasofactivehostilities.16InthecaseoftheUK,ontheotherhand,theMinistryofDefence’sreportingthatjustonecivilianwaskilledinaseriesofRAFairstrikesthat,between2014and2019,killedorinjured4,315ISISfighters,haschallengedcredulityandwasseenattheveryleastasashockingrevelationoflimitedorinadequateinvestigations.17

Whilethediscussionaroundtheuseofarmeddronesisnotnew,notonlydotheseconcernsremainunresolvedbut,withdronewarfarecontinuingtoexpandandevolve,newlayersarebeingaddedtothecontroversiesposedbytheuseofarmeddrones.CountriessuchasPakistan,Nigeria,IraqandTurkeynowconductdronestrikesagainsttargetswithintheirownborders;andIsraelusesdronestrikesagainsttargetsinthePalestinianterritories.18AndafterlaunchingdronestrikesontheautonomousKurdishregioninnorthernIraqinAugust2020,killingtwoIraqiofficers,Turkeybecamethelatestcountrytobeaccusedofviolatinganotherstate’ssovereigntybymeansofarmeddrones.19Ontheotherhand,theArmenia–AzerbaijanconflictoverthedisputedNagornyKarabakhregionin2020wasalsoheavilydominatedbytheuseofdrones,pointingtowhatthefutureofcombatmightbecomeinawarbetweenstates.20

Moreover,inJanuary2020theUSconductedadronestrikeagainstMajor-GeneralQassemSoleimani,commanderofIran’sIslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps’(IRGC)Qudsspecialforces,inIraq,wheretheUSisnotinarecognizedarmedconflict.21AlthoughtheUShadpreviouslytakentheunusualstepofdesignatingtheIRGC–partofanation’smilitary–asaforeignterroristorganization,22theassassinationofSoleimanireinforcedthenotionthattargetedkillingsviadronestrikeshavenowbecomenormalizedfortheUStosuchanextentthatithasopenlytargetedanothercountry’smilitaryofficial,onforeignsoilandwithoutthethird-partystate’sconsent.23Withmoreandmorecountriesacquiringarmeddrones,ashighlightedbyAgnèsCallamard,thiscouldprovetobeadangerousandregrettableprecedent:

TheinternationalcommunitymustnowconfronttheveryrealprospectthatStatesmayoptto‘strategically’eliminatehighrankingmilitaryofficialsoutsidethecontextofa‘known’war,andseektojustifythekillingonthegroundsofthetarget’sclassificationasa‘terrorist’whoposedapotentialfuturethreat.24

16FederalRegister(2019),ExecutiveOrder13862of6March2019onRevocationofReportingRequirement,

/documents/2019/03/11/2019-04595/revocation-of-reporting-requirement

(accessed7Feb.2021).

17Beaumont,P.(2019),‘MoDclaimofoneciviliandeathinIsisraidsridiculed’,Guardian,7March2019,

/uk-news/2019/mar/07/mod-challenged-over-ludicrous-claim-of-one-civilian-

death-in-isis-raids

(accessed5Mar.2020).

18NewAmerica(undated),‘TheFutureofDroneWarfare:StrikingatHome’,

/

international-security/reports/world-drones/the-future-of-drone-warfare-striking-at-home

(accessed5Mar.2020).19TheDefensePost(2020),‘IraqFumesAgainstTurkeyOverDroneStrikeThatKilledTwoIraqiOfficers’,12August2020,

/2020/08/12/iraq-turkey-drone-strike

(accessed17Sept.2020).

20Dixon,R(2020),‘Azerbaijan’sdronesownedthebattlefieldinNagorno-Karabakh–andshowedfutureofwarfare’,WashingtonPost,11November2020,

/world/europe/nagorno-karabkah-drones-

azerbaijan-aremenia/2020/11/11/441bcbd2-193d-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html

(accessed23Mar.2021).

21Crowley,M.,Hassan,F.andSchmitt,E.(2020),‘U.S.StrikeinIraqKillsQassimSuleimani,CommanderofIranianForces’,NewYorkTimes,2January2020,

/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/

qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html

(accessed5Jan.2020).

22Gambino,L.(2019),‘TrumpdesignatesIran’sRevolutionaryGuardsasforeignterroristorganization’,Guardian,8April2019,

/world/2019/apr/08/trump-designates-irans-

revolutionary-guards-as-foreign-terrorist-organization

(accessed8Mar.2020).

23BaronessSternandLordHodgson(2020),‘AfterKillingSoleimani,WeNeedClarityinUKInvolvement,TheHouse,27January2020,

/news/uk/defence/house/house-magazine/

109386/after-killing-soleimani-we-need-clarity-uk-involvement

(accessed17Apr.2020).

24Airwars(2020),‘NewUNreportinsistsSoleimaniassassinationbyUSwas‘‘unlawful’’,9July2020,

/news-and-investigations/new-un-report-insists-soleimani-assassination-by-us-unlawful

(accessed30Dec.2020).

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Asthedeploymentofarmeddronesthuscontinuestofacilitateactionsthatchallengeinternationallegalframeworksandunderminedemocraticvaluessuchastransparency,accountabilityandparliamentaryoversight,itremainscrucialtoaddressthecontroversiesresultingfromthewaysdronesarebeingused,particularlyastheuseofdronescontinuestoexpandandtoevolveinnewways.Withaninterestinsupportingarules-basedinternationalorderanddefendingdemocraticvalues,bytakingastrongstanceonissuesrelatedtotheacquisition,deploymentanduseofarmeddrones,Europeancountriescouldplayanimportantroleinshapingthenormsonhowtheyareusedinfuture.

Itremainscrucialtoaddressthecontroversiesresultingfromthewaysdronesarebeingused,particularlyastheuseofdronescontinuestoexpandandtoevolveinnewways.

ThispaperexaminestheproliferationofmilitarydronesinEuropeandthechallengesthisdevelopmentposes,aswellastheopportunitiesthatariseforrevisitingandrecommittingtofundamentaldemocraticnormsandvaluessuchastransparencyandaccountabilityandtheruleoflaw.InformedbythesimulationexercisehostedbyChathamHouseinNovember2019,thepaperalsohighlightssomeoftheissuesandcomplexitiesinvolvedindecision-makingaroundtheuseofarmeddrones.

Anoteondisagreementsarounddrones

Alltoooften,discussionsaroundmilitarydronescanbecharacterizedbybothconfusionanddisagreementastowhatis(orshouldbe)underconsideration:thetechnology,orthepolicyanddecisionsdirectinghowdronesareused.Whileitisimportanttoseparatethemachinefromthepolicyforthesakeofprecision–bothinlanguageandinargument–theviewpresentedinthispaperisthatpossibilitiesaffordedbytechnologyallowforcertainpolicychoices,andthat,conversely,certainpolicieswouldbeoutofreachwithoutthecurrentdegreeoftechnicalcapability.Anunbreakablelinkthereforeexistsbetweenthedroneandthepoliciesthatdeterminehowitisused.Forexample,withreal-timevideostreaming,anenduranceofupto24hoursandamaximumrangethatcouldreachseveralthousandkilometres,armeddronesallowmilitarydecision-makerstolaunchairstrikesinremotegeographicallocations,whilethedronecrewsworkingonthosemissionscandosofromtherelativesafetyoftheirhomecountries.Asweconsidertheuseofarmeddronesinthispaper,itiswiththisconnectionbetweenpolicyandtechnicalcapabilityinmind.

Inaddition,inanydiscussiontheremaybethosewhocontestthefocusondronesbyclaimingthatsomeofthepurposesforwhichtheyareused,andforwhichtheyreceivemuchcriticism,arenotthemselvesspecifictothedeploymentofdrones.

Forexample,targetedkillingscanalsobeperformedbyspecialoperationsforcesorcivilianagenciessuchastheCIA:hence,itistheactivity,andnotthedrone,

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thatshouldbecentrestage.Althoughsuchactivitiesdoindeedwarrantscrutiny,thefactthattargetedkillingscanbecarriedoutindifferentwaysdoesnothavetodiminisheffortsaimedatunderstandingwhattheparticularitiesofdronesmightbe.25Infact,reinforcingtheconnectionbetweenpolicyandtechnicalcapability,thereareindicationsthatdroneslowerthethresholdfortheuseofforce,andthusfacilitatelethalactivities.26Thisisconsideredtobethecasebydecision-makersthemselves,includingwithinthemilitary.

Forexample,GeneralStanleyMcChrystal,aformercommanderofUSandNATOforcesinAfghanistan,statedin2015thatconfidenceinthecapabilityofdronescouldmakethemmorepalatabletomilitarydecision-makersandlowerthethresholdforlethalforce.27TheUKMinistryofDefenceclaimedinthesameyearthatthe:

increaseduse[ofremoteandautomatedsystems]incombatandsupportfunctionswillreducetherisktomilitarypersonnelandtherebypotentiallychangethethresholdfortheuseofforce.Fewercasualtiesmaylowerpoliticalriskandanypublicreticenceforamilitaryresponse[…].28

In2020,reflectingontheUSdroneprogramme,formerUSpresidentBarackObamastatedthat‘themachineryofitstartedbecomingtooeasy[…]andIhadtoremindeveryoneinvolvedthisisn’ttargetpractice’.29

Itisalsoimportanttonotethatsomeoppositiontothefocusondronesassubjectmatterisbasedontheargumentthatthereisnothinguniqueaboutdronetechnology,inthatitformspartofacontinuumoftechnologicaldevelopmentsinweaponrythroughouthistorythathaveprogressivelyincreasedthedistancebetweenopposingforcesinthebattlefield.Whilethisisundoubtedlythecase,thispaper

isunderpinnedbytheviewthatalthoughhistorycanhelpexplain–andfurtherourunderstandingof–thecurrentcontext,itshouldneverserveasjustificationforpresentharms,andneitherdoesithavetobeacceptedasprogressiveordeterministic.Politicalrelationshipsareoftenaboutchangingthecourseofthepresent,whereaspirationsexistforabetterfuture.

25Callamard(2020),Useofarmeddronesfortargetedkillings:ReportoftheSpecialRapporteuronExtrajudicial,SummaryorArbitraryExecutions.

26AsnotedbyDorsey(2017)inTowardsanEUCommonPositionontheUseofArmedDrones,p.8,‘Comparedtootherweaponssystems,droneshaveparticularinherentadvantagessuchastheabilitytoloiterovertargetsforlongperiodsoftime,tostrikeparticulartargetsandtonotplaceservicemembersinharm’sway.Itisthiscapabilitythatlowersthethresholdforpolicymakerstoresorttousingforce.’SeealsoZenko,M.(2015),‘MeetthePressTranscript’,NBCNews,26April2015,

/meetthe-press/meet-press-transcript-april-26-

2015-n350661

(accessed29Oct.2020).

27Norton-Taylor,R.andRoss,A.(2015),‘RAFbasemaybelegitimatetargetforIsis,saysex-Natocommander’,Guardian,25November2015,

/uk-news/2015/nov/25/raf-base-may-be-legitimate-

target-isis-ex-nato-commander

(accessed28Dec.2020).

28MinistryofDefence(2015),