Abigail Watson is a Research Officer at ORG’s Remote Warfare Programme. She researches and presents on the military, legal, and political implications of light-footprint remote warfare. Her research interests include: long term planning and decision-making processes in UK defence policy; the rise in targeted killing as a counter-terrorism tool; the long-term implications of current military operations; and the UK’s provision of capabilities to conflicts in areas where the UK has not admitted to its own military engagement.