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Author: Adriana Rodriguez

This author has written 7 articles

Lessons From Aliyev’s Escalation: Big/Small Powers and the “Dronisation” of Interstate Warfare

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:09/11/2020
  • Post category:Security Check

Source: Ali Özkök My case studies on Obama and Erdogan portray the dominance of drones in anti-terrorism operations. This form of semi-autonomous weapons (the only ones that have been used…

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Erdogan’s Survival Mechanism: Making Turkey Great Again With Drone Warfare

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:11/08/2020
  • Post category:Security Check

Source: Ahval February 27th 2020 marked an unprecedented shift in military history. After 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in the Syrian war, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, under Erdogan’s…

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Obama’s Counter-terrorism Strategy: Drones As The Perfect Balance

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:15/07/2020
  • Post category:Security Check

Source: REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra The US’ Global War on Terror marked the beginning of ‘war at a distance’. As mentioned in my previous blog, US counter-terrorism operations in countries such…

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Killer Robots and Conflict Policymaking Incentives: Some Theory Before The Practice

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:25/06/2020
  • Post category:Security Check

Source: The New Arab Killer Robots: Artificial intelligence (AI) advances will bring about important changes not only for the economic and social sphere, but also for the military arena. An…

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Khamenei’s frenemy status with European leaders: A nuke misunderstanding

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:25/03/2020
  • Post category:WAR/WAR AND PEACE

Solemaini’s assassination leads Khamenei to JCPOA breach. European Leaders activate Dispute Resolution with threat of sanctions. Khamenei doesn’t want nuclear weapons, but he wants nuclear energy. Source: Reuters/Khamenei.ir Why is…

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Women Politicians’ Heat Level: Blazing patriarchal values of violence little by little

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:16/03/2020
  • Post category:HOT or NOT

Women politicians are slowly but blazingly promoting peaceful policies. Female heads of government have been an outlier to peaceful trends. Fighting patriarchal values can make a change in foreign policymaking.…

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Khamenei’s hostility towards Trump: Can he continue to surprise us?

  • Post author:Adriana Rodriguez
  • Post published:23/01/2020
  • Post category:WAR/WAR AND PEACE

Khamenei fears a military conflict with the US as hostilities rise. Trump unintendedly risks uniting Iranians behind Khamenei. Based on past behaviours, Khamenei’s moderate reaction isn’t surprising. Student News Daily…

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