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What Explains Counterterrorism Effectiveness? Evidence from the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan

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A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.

What makes U.S. counterterrorism campaigns succeed? In the conflict in Pakistan’s border areas, using drones and local partners and then taking swift action made the difference in the decadelong conflict against al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban. 

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Asfandyar Mir, "What Explains Counterterrorism Effectiveness? Evidence from the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 45–83, doi:10.1162/ISEC_a_00331.

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