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129 Pol. Sci. Q. 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/pclscceqry129 and id is 1 raw text is: Pakistani Opposition to American Drone Strikes C. CHRISTINE FAIR KARL KALTENTHALER WILLIAM J. MILLER AMERICA'S EMPLOYMENT OF WEAPONIZED unmanned aerial ve- hicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, to kill alleged terrorists in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas (FATA) fuels sustained con- troversy in Pakistan. Pakistani outrage has steadily deepened since 2008, when the United States increased the frequency of the strikes.1 The increas- ing use of signature strikes has been particularly controversial in (and beyond) Pakistan, because such strikes are targeted at men believed to be militants associated with terrorist groups, but whose identities aren't always known.2 Whereas personality strikes require the operator to 'See New America Foundation, The Year of the Drone: An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004- 2012, 2013, accessed at http://counterterrorism.newamerica.net/drones, 9 May 2013. 2Adam Entous, Siobhan Gorman, and Julian E. Barnes, U.S. Tightens Drone Rules, The WallStreet Journal, 4 November 2011, accessed at online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577013982672973836. html?mod=wSJhpLEFITopStories, 9 May 2013. C. CHRISTINE FAIR is an assistant professor at the Security Studies Program within the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She has published widely on South Asian security issues and is the author of Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War (forthcoming, Oxford University Press). KARL KALTENTHALER is professor of political science at the University of Akron and adjunct professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. He has published several books and articles on public opinion, terrorism and political economy. WILLIAM J. MILLER is director of institutional research and effectiveness at Flagler College. He has published on political attitudes toward various public policies in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East in leading journals. POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY I Volume 129 Number 1 2014 I www.psgonline.org © 2014 Academy of Political Science 1

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