Endless War Challenges Analysis of Drone Strike Effectiveness

David Sterman wrote on the challenges that "endless war" poses for analyses of whether drone strikes are effective in the Journal of National Security Law & Policy.

A major question for U.S. policy is whether counterterrorism strikes are effective. Efforts to measure effectiveness are challenged by how the United States’ selection of expansive, unachievable objectives has given rise to endless war. This article will apply the lens of “endless war” to illustrate the various challenges that the endless character of American counterterrorism warfare poses for scholars and analysts assessing the effectiveness of U.S. counterterrorism strikes.

Read the full article here.