The Moral Hazard of Military Automation: From Boots on the Ground to Drones in the Air

• In Event: Military and Political Change and Conflict

Brief Overview

Do automated military platforms such as drones increase the likelihood of conflict? This manuscript finds that drone-armed countries are more likely to participate in conflict, including in out-of-region conflicts as well as secondary parties.

Author

• Anna Getmansky, London School of Economics and Political Science