
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.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy Al-Shabaab’s attack on US drone base shouldn’t be ignored
The long-term impacts of western operations exacerbate the very radicalization and violence they claim to be trying to avoid.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUneasy alliances: learning from France’s Libya policy
Strongmen cannot provide stability in the long-term, the sooner we learn this the sooner we stop perpetuating...