@jamespattonrogers
Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University. War Historian, Author, Policy Advisor, & Broadcaster. I work on the history of drones, precision weapons, and the future of autonomous warfare. www.jamespattonrogers.com
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Why are expensive fighter jets a poor solution for countering low-cost drones?
@cornellbtpi.bsky.social Executive Director @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social tells @cnn.com that Europe must adopt a layered defense posture to counter drone threats.
#Drones #TechPolicy
"Cheap, long-range precision saturation strikes are one of the greatest threats to international security."
@cornellbtpi.bsky.social expert @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social tells @wsj.com why the Shahed drone is a "game changing" threat, forcing the West to adapt.
#Drones #TechPolicy #Shahed
On 24 September, submissions will open for #BISA2026 in Brighton ☀️🌊 View the #callforpapers on @mybisa.bsky.social's website and submit all of your War Studies abstracts for consideration! conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
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New @ejisbisa.bsky.social article by @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
& James Wesley Hutto! 🎉
'The drone revolution: Towards a synthesis in the drone debate' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
"To what extent can drones be the primary determinants of victory in warfare?"
Read here 👉
📚🎉 New and open access: "The drone revolution: Towards a synthesis in the drone debate" from James Wesley Hutto and @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social.
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For those interested in the topic, you can read my latest article with Dr Wes Hutto on 'The Drone Revolution' in the European Journal of International Security.
Free access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How are drones changing what it means to wage war & serve on the front lines?
With both Russian & Ukrainian drone strikes making headlines this weekend, I joined @npr.org’s Weekend Edition to discuss current challenges and the future of drone warfare
Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...
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#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
The drone revolution: Towards a synthesis in the drone debate - cup.org/4lz75oV
"drones can have an impact on war that is sometimes ordinary and sometimes revolutionary"
- James Wesley Hutto & @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
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👏 Our Future of #NATO event gathered over 30 experts, academics & postgraduates @lborouniversity.bsky.social for thought-provoking and important discussions on the challenges facing NATO. Huge thanks to our organisers & attendees for making this such an engaging day!
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🚨Call for abstracts🚨
With a session on publishing in @bisawarstudies.bsky.social at #BISA2025 - War Studies would like to invite the submission of abstracts for potential discussion.
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My reading list for this spring: insights offered by @tom-gregory.bsky.social, @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social, @abarder.bsky.social and @margaretomara.bsky.social promise particular relevancy these days!
Check out BTPI's newest policy report titled, 'Defending America's Skies: Public Support for Homeland Counter-Drone Operations,' by Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. Paul Lushenko, Fellow Basim Ali, & Dr. Jennifer Spindle:
publicpolicy.cornell.edu/news/defendi... @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
Out: soft power.
Curious as to what Mexico is doing to placate Trump as tarrifs loom? Check out this @latimes.com article ft. BTPI Senior Fellow Gustavo Flores-Macias:
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LAST CHANCE🚨
@bisawarstudies.bsky.social are holding a new panel: 'Lawfare: the utilisation of the law'
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20 Feb, 2pm
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Why does Trump want Greenland? Will he get it? BTPI Executive Director @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe answer those questions in their new TIME article. Check it out below!
time.com/7208293/buyi... @cornellupress.bsky.social
And for those interested here’s my open access journal article on ‘Arctic drones – A new security dilemma?’ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Drones are proliferating around the world at a record pace. This includes across the Arctic, where every Arctic state has harnessed military drones to keep a watchful eye as tensions increase: www.reuters.com/world/nato-s...
History shows that strong alliances and mutual agreements—something that Trump is no fan of—are the key to countering the very real threat to the U.S. and its NATO allies in the Arctic: time.com/7208293/buyi...
Our new article in TIME reveals the long history of ‘buying the Arctic’ and how it might not be as straightforward as Trump thinks: time.com/7208293/buyi...
What’s the history of drone warfare and how has it developed in increasingly worrying ways as the technology spreads around the world?
I discuss these key issues on the Revolution in Military Affairs podcast with Amos Fox - open.spotify.com/show/63ZhWg6...
It’s fair to say that Denmark has neglected Greenland for years, both economically & in terms of defense, dragging their feet over vital military investment (especially in drones, ships, and ISR)
As I argue in The Hill, it's these shortfalls that open the door to Trump: thehill.com/policy/defen...
Interested in Ukraine's missile-firing sea drones?
Check out this informative article by Isabella Bengoechea for The i Paper, with comment from me on the recent surface-to-air destruction of Russian helicopters and the future of USVs: inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
The craziest fact about Jimmy Carter? He spent 89 seconds inside a nuclear reactor in meltdown when deployed with the U.S. Navy in 1952: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
Looking forward to being back in New Haven in January, where I'll be discussing all things drones and precision warfare with @mbrenes.bsky.social at the Yale Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy
If you're in the area, join us on the 22nd, 5pm. Full details here: jackson.yale.edu/jackson-even...
2025’s a big year for us at @cornellbtpi.bsky.social. Building on 2024’s grant success, we’ve been awarded $3 mil from the U.S. DoD to establish the Semiconductor Research Hub
Our work will focus on mitigating future threats, full details of which can be found here news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...