REMOTE WARFARE & RISKS OF RELYING ON LOCAL FORCES

A BETTER PEACE presents "Remote Warfare: Is Relying on Local Forces a Good Long-Term Option?" Special guest Emily Knowles of the Oxford Research Group's Remote Warfare Program and A BETTER PEACE Editor Jacqueline E. Whitt explore the implications of NATO's on-going shift from traditional large-scale conventional operations toward smaller-scale unconventional operations ("remote warfare") involving local militias or groups. Are the beliefs that remote warfare is a cleaner or cheaper form of warfare true or mere myth? What are the other effects?