The Portals are multimedia collections covering a variety of issues on drones. We have assembled libraries of audio and video recordings of academic lectures, debates, roundtables, and policy speeches that will introduce our readers to a range of topics, from the history of aviation to counterterrorism strategy. We hope that each portal provides a greater contextualized understanding of the drone, resources for research, and alternative mediums for engaging with these subjects.
All the resources in our Portals are available online for free; in many cases, you can download the audio files from the host website to listen to on the go. We’ve also included accompanying blog posts, quick reads, research papers, and books so that our readers may follow up on these recordings.
You will find that not all of the materials in our portals are strictly on the subject of drones. For example, in our Strategy Portal, we include a podcast on the life and work of military theorist Carl von Clausewitz and a lecture on British strategy in the 1839-42 Anglo-Afghan War. In the interest of making these Portals as comprehensive as possible, we have selected multimedia recordings that we feel both cover elements of theory and history, as well as contain insights into the present and future applications of drones.
The Portals are works in progress. We invite you to suggest sources and perspectives that you’d like to see included, as well as ideas for new Portals.
Strategy and Security Studies
Laws of War
Terrorism and Targeted Killing
Understanding the Drone Through Art
Drones and Intelligence
Technology and War
Portals Coming Soon:
Domestic Drones
The History of Aviation
Content Hosts:
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
C-SPAN
PBS
WNYC
WNYC – Radiolab
WHYY
sUAS News
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Cambridge University
Harvard University
Yale University
Oxford University
London School of Economics
University of North Dakota
Royal United Services Institute
Royal Aeronautical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
U.S. Army War College – Strategic Studies Institute
U.S. Naval War College
Naval Postgraduate School
International Spy Museum
Midrats Podcast
Lawfare Podcast
Robots Podcast
The Loopcast
War on the Rocks/Broken Mirrors Podcast
Center for National Security – Fordham Law
New York University School of Law
Council on Foreign Relations
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
Wilson Center
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Center for a New American Security
Politics and Prose
Apex Art
National Gallery of Art
Lighthouse Arts
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design
Aperture Magazine
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