The politics of rescue revisited: Non-state actors, drones, and intervention

In light of recent western military engagement in North Africa and the Middle East, military intervention is again at the forefront of political debate. This innovative project examines the repercussions of new political and technological developments for the ethics of intervention. To date, political theorists have failed to examine the role non-state actors, such as the so-called ‘Islamic State’, as well as new combat technologies, including drones, play in the perpetration and prevention of atrocities. As such, the project breaks new ground by examining what these developments mean for the ethics of intervention.