In The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks we may face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer world because they reduce risk to pilots, or will the prospect of clean, remote warfare lead governments into more conflicts? The book explores how the unique features of drone technology are altering the decision-making of governments and non-state actors alike, transforming their risk calculations and expanding their capacities both on and off the battlefield. An essential guide to a potentially disruptive force in modern world politics, it shows how the innovative use of drones is becoming central to the ways power and influence will be contested in the future.