23.08.14
Drone Warfare
Two academics examine the current trends in covert drone wars.
19.08.14
Drone strikes remain shrouded in official secrecy. But a growing chorus has called for this to change.
13.08.14
Comprehensive NGO report finds lack of official transparency and failings in US accountability mechanisms.
01.08.14
The Bureau’s July update on US actions in the covert drone war.
31.07.14
The database expands past 700 with the addition of three reported al Qaeda members.
Bureau reporters explain their findings form an extensive report into drone strikes in Afghanistan.
24.07.14
Report reveals the concerning gaps in the public record of drone warfare.
It’s the most heavily drone-bombed country in the world – but we know next to nothing about those strikes.
17.07.14
Academic warns of threat of drones operated by non-state actors.
16.07.14
The US reportedly destroys a vehicle and house in Pakistan for the second time in a week.
04.07.14
Terrorism has changed over the past 10 years. And that change has made drone strikes more likely.
01.07.14
The Bureau’s half-year update on US actions in the covert drone war.
25.06.14
Background and suggested readings on the newly released legal document on the killing of Anwar al Awlaki.
20.06.14
Drones return to Pakistan at the tenth anniversary of the first CIA strike in the country.
18.06.14
The key moments in the CIA’s 10-year drone campaign in Pakistan.
17.06.14
Nek Mohammed was a senior commander – but two children also died in the first Pakistan drone strike.
12.06.14
As Karachi airport attacks bring peace talks to an end, CIA resumes its drones strikes in Pakistan.
06.06.14
Academic says drone strikes were ‘bad policy’ but the pause has not stopped militancy.
03.06.14
The Bureau’s May update on US actions in the covert drone war.
23.05.14
A full dataset and methodology showing what the drones attacked in Pakistan.