Robotics and the Future of International Asymmetric Warfare

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dc.contributor.advisorQuester, Georgeen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrossman, Nicholasen_US
dc.contributor.departmentGovernment and Politicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-12T06:31:12Z
dc.date.available2014-02-12T06:31:12Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the post-Cold War world, the world's most powerful states have cooperated or avoided conflict with each other, easily defeated smaller state governments, engaged in protracted conflicts against insurgencies and resistance networks, and lost civilians to terrorist attacks. This dissertation explores various explanations for this pattern, proposing that some non-state networks adapt to major international transitions more quickly than bureaucratic states. Networks have taken advantage of the information technology revolution to enhance their capabilities, but states have begun to adjust, producing robotic systems with the potential to grant them an advantage in asymmetric warfare.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14947
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAl Qaedaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAsymmetric Warfareen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDronesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInsurgencyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRoboticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTerrorismen_US
dc.titleRobotics and the Future of International Asymmetric Warfareen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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