Beneath The Crosshairs: Remotely Piloted Airstrikes As A Foreign Policy Tool – Analysis

By Roderic K. Butz*

The key principles of the laws of war are necessity, distinction, and proportionality in the use of force. Drone attacks and targeted killings serve these principles better than any use of force that can be imagined. --Richard Pildes1

Nearly a year before the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United...