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This comprehensive volume addresses the important question of
whether and how the current transformation of targeted killing is
transforming the global international order. The age-old practice
of targeted killing has undergone a profound transformation since
the turn of the millennium. States resort to it more frequently,
especially in the context of counter-terrorism operations. The
rapid development of surveillance and drone technologies
facilitates targeted-killing missions, and states are starting to
slowly abandon their policies of secrecy and denial with regard to
this form of violence. To answer this question, the volume
introduces a theoretical framework that conceives the maintenance
and transformation of international order as a dynamic, triangular
process between violence, discourse, and the institutions that make
up the international order. It then sheds light on different parts
of this triangular process: the reinterpretation of international
law to legitimize targeted killing, the contestation between state
and non-state actors over the development of a new targeted-killing
norm, the emergence of targeted killing in the context of changes
in the broader normative context of international order, and the
impact of new technologies, in particular autonomous weapons
systems, on the future of targeted-killing practices and
international order. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.
This comprehensive volume addresses the important question of
whether and how the current transformation of targeted killing is
transforming the global international order. The age-old practice
of targeted killing has undergone a profound transformation since
the turn of the millennium. States resort to it more frequently,
especially in the context of counter-terrorism operations. The
rapid development of surveillance and drone technologies
facilitates targeted-killing missions, and states are starting to
slowly abandon their policies of secrecy and denial with regard to
this form of violence. To answer this question, the volume
introduces a theoretical framework that conceives the maintenance
and transformation of international order as a dynamic, triangular
process between violence, discourse, and the institutions that make
up the international order. It then sheds light on different parts
of this triangular process: the reinterpretation of international
law to legitimize targeted killing, the contestation between state
and non-state actors over the development of a new targeted-killing
norm, the emergence of targeted killing in the context of changes
in the broader normative context of international order, and the
impact of new technologies, in particular autonomous weapons
systems, on the future of targeted-killing practices and
international order. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.
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