Predators and Peace: Explaining the Failure of the Pakistani Conflict Settlement Process in 2013-4

Talat Farooq; Scott Lucas; Stefan Wolff

doi:10.1080/13698249.2020.1704603

Predators and Peace: Explaining the Failure of the Pakistani Conflict Settlement Process in 2013-4

Talat Farooq, Scott Lucas, Stefan Wolff

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Did US drone strikes cause the unravelling of the Pakistani conflict settlement process between the government and the TTP in 2013-14? In answering this question, we present strong, fieldwork-based evidence that the effects of leadership decapitation, civilian casualties, and loss of legitimacy and credibility as a negotiation partner by both the government and the TTP interacted in the context of specific social, political and cultural characteristics of a tribal society. We find that drone strikes ‘produced’ some of these factors, but not all, which allows us to conclude with four concrete policy recommendations for rethinking the use of drones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	26-63
Journal	Civil Wars
Volume	22
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2020.1704603
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jan 2020

Keywords

drones
conflict resolution
peace negotiations
Taliban
Pakistan
decapitation
counter-terrorism
counter-insurgency

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The Political Effects of Unmanned Aerial vehicles on Conflict and Cooperation within and between states
Wheeler, N. (Principal Investigator), Dunn, D. (Co-Investigator) & Wolff, S. (Co-Investigator)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/10/13 → 30/09/15
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