Drones: A Constructivism Analysis

Since 2002, internationally there have been concerns regarding drones in the air. The concerns have not diminished even the slightest because the United States has not made any progress in its drone policy (Giacomo, 2016). Instead of a shortage of these aerial vehicles, the opposite has occurred, there has been an increase use of drones by the United States armed forces. Although official data of the deaths of civilians by drones is not given by the U.S. administration, there are other organizations that have given out information regarding the casualties of civilians; this includes Amnesty International Investigation (Walsh and Mehsud, 2013) and Bureau of Investigation Journalism (“Transparency in the Drone Wars”, 2016). The Obama administration

Therefore, constructivism as a theoretical perspective can be applied in the analysis of the concerns raise by the usage of drones. Constructivism explains actions as socially constructed and demonstrated the importance of norms and identities at an international level (Dunne, Kurki, & Smith, 2013, p. 189), I will argue that theory can be used to explain the legality of the drones and the concerns rising with the usage of them. I will argue that a negative norm is being constructed and the social relationship between the United States and states in the Middle East are being reconsidered. In a constructivist approach, the drones are being justified as legal because a norm is being constructed. The norm is that it is acceptable to murder by the use of drones as long as the U.S. declares it as correct. The United States believes their military actions are right. As quoted in The Guardian post “ Drones may predate Obama, but his resolute use of them is unmatched,” it is to be said that the reason why they are so widely held in U.S. is that the drones “can linger for hours above their targets, watching and hovering up data such as cellphone signals” (Ross, 2015). This helps the U.S. military to pursue terrorists and